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VRChat cover art

VRChat

VRChat Inc. · 2017-02-01

Steam

AdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerSimulationSportsFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Jun 29, 2023 (Android), Mar 03, 2025 (iOS), May 21, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Feb 01, 2017 (SteamVR), May 21, 2019 (Meta Quest 2), Feb 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.

VRChat is an Adventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer, and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 267005 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000.

34,558
playing now
75%
positive of 270k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,932
twitch viewers (latest)
39.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
64/100
IGDB user rating (107 ratings)
2209h
to beat · rushed 444h · completionist 50005h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

34,558 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

VRChat is an online virtual world platform created by Graham Gaylor and Jesse Joudrey and operated by VRChat, Inc. The platform allows users to interact with others with user-created 3D avatars and worlds. VRChat is designed primarily for use with virtual reality headsets, being available for Microsoft Windows PCs and as an app for Android-based headsets such as Meta Quest, Pico 4, and HTC Vive XR Elite. VRChat is also playable without a virtual reality device in a desktop mode designed for a mouse and keyboard, gamepad, or mobile app for touchscreen devices.

Trailer

VRChat trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 34,558 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 19,380 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,423/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26k26k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 981 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,903 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,066 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,683 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,928 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,322 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,793 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,437 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,891 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,423 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,087 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,059 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,843 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,749 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,654 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,118 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,323 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,335 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,644 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 372 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,365 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,625 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,855 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 426 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,459 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,172 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,070 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3,365 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,478 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,686 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,659 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,345 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,534 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 397 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,361 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 554 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,871 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 484 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,626 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 446 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,431 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,087 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 488 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,112 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4,569 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26,476 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,998 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7,115 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,003 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,259 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,890 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 829 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,283 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 605 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,388 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 574 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,529 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 632 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,938 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 432 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,948 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,916 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 467 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,310 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 492 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,069 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 501 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,561 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 424 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,699 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,289 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,890 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 518 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,246 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 530 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,966 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 432 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,064 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 459 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,856 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 467 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,943 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 462 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,056 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 899 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,212 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 712 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,185 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 688 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,663 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 542 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,671 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,419 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 512 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,075 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 520 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,255 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 685 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,811 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 597 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,061 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 738 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,710 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 567 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,771 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 674 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,893 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 810 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,966 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 878 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,845 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 840 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,570 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 671 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,582 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 734 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,580 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 744 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,983 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 801 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,041 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 808 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,794 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 679 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,859 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 730 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,809 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 712 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 683 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,659 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 861 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,852 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 702 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,736 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 741 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 534 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 212 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

60k22k2026-09-14 22:00 — 37,634 players2026-09-15 22:00 — 34,607 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 36,330 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 37,588 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 42,707 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 44,773 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 38,072 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 38,297 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 37,376 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 36,996 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 38,631 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 42,754 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 46,648 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 38,116 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 37,474 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 36,653 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 36,140 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 36,621 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 44,320 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 46,630 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 38,240 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 37,202 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 34,850 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 35,663 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 35,772 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 41,272 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 46,370 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 41,792 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 39,027 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 35,811 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 34,558 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47k1Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2017 — avg 22 · peak 54Jul 2017 — avg 24 · peak 64Oct 2017 — avg 130 · peak 315Jan 2018 — avg 9,223 · peak 20,212Apr 2018 — avg 5,107 · peak 8,089Jul 2018 — avg 5,962 · peak 7,785Oct 2018 — avg 6,422 · peak 9,370Jan 2019 — avg 7,185 · peak 10,908Apr 2019 — avg 5,858 · peak 9,106Jul 2019 — avg 6,509 · peak 28,596Oct 2019 — avg 6,892 · peak 10,521Jan 2020 — avg 7,973 · peak 14,444Apr 2020 — avg 11,729 · peak 16,404Jul 2020 — avg 11,114 · peak 16,634Oct 2020 — avg 10,093 · peak 17,812Jan 2021 — avg 14,910 · peak 26,251Apr 2021 — avg 14,977 · peak 25,744Jul 2021 — avg 15,229 · peak 23,746Oct 2021 — avg 16,100 · peak 28,621Jan 2022 — avg 21,096 · peak 42,564Apr 2022 — avg 22,222 · peak 38,176Jul 2022 — avg 22,746 · peak 36,039Oct 2022 — avg 19,367 · peak 32,984Jan 2023 — avg 22,347 · peak 46,509Apr 2023 — avg 21,844 · peak 37,292Jul 2023 — avg 23,661 · peak 38,319Oct 2023 — avg 21,763 · peak 38,233Jan 2024 — avg 24,131 · peak 51,321Apr 2024 — avg 24,941 · peak 43,644Jul 2024 — avg 27,407 · peak 44,391Oct 2024 — avg 32,363 · peak 51,453Jan 2025 — avg 37,657 · peak 66,673Apr 2025 — avg 35,971 · peak 56,751Jul 2025 — avg 38,787 · peak 57,254Oct 2025 — avg 38,207 · peak 58,939Jan 2026 — avg 43,127 · peak 72,465Apr 2026 — avg 45,869 · peak 68,403Jul 2026 — avg 45,107 · peak 63,891Aug 2026 — avg 46,798 · peak 64,781
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#33#412026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #372026-09-15 — #332026-09-16 — #332026-09-17 — #332026-09-18 — #332026-09-19 — #332026-09-20 — #362026-09-21 — #362026-09-22 — #342026-09-23 — #342026-09-24 — #332026-09-25 — #332026-09-26 — #342026-09-27 — #342026-09-28 — #342026-09-29 — #352026-09-30 — #362026-10-01 — #382026-10-02 — #382026-10-03 — #402026-10-04 — #372026-10-05 — #372026-10-06 — #372026-10-07 — #412026-10-08 — #412026-10-09 — #412026-10-10 — #412026-10-11 — #382026-10-12 — #382026-10-13 — #382026-10-14 — #38
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
46462026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 37 new positive2026-09-15: 13 new negative2026-09-16: 13 new positive2026-09-16: 15 new negative2026-09-17: 29 new positive2026-09-17: 5 new negative2026-09-18: 19 new positive2026-09-18: 3 new negative2026-09-19: 40 new positive2026-09-19: 4 new negative2026-09-20: 24 new positive2026-09-20: 10 new negative2026-09-21: 22 new positive2026-09-21: 8 new negative2026-09-22: 42 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 15 new positive2026-09-23: 10 new negative2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 34 new positive2026-09-25: 15 new negative2026-09-26: 27 new positive2026-09-26: 31 new negative2026-09-27: 46 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new negative2026-09-28: 18 new positive2026-09-28: 16 new negative2026-09-29: 21 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 24 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 21 new positive2026-10-01: 8 new negative2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 12 new negative2026-10-03: 34 new positive2026-10-03: 21 new negative2026-10-04: 34 new positive2026-10-04: 22 new negative2026-10-05: 30 new positive2026-10-05: 24 new negative2026-10-06: 40 new positive2026-10-06: 23 new negative2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-07: 12 new negative2026-10-08: 20 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new negative2026-10-09: 22 new positive2026-10-09: 11 new negative2026-10-10: 41 new positive2026-10-10: 14 new negative2026-10-11: 41 new positive2026-10-11: 17 new negative2026-10-12: 34 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new negative2026-10-13: 25 new positive2026-10-13: 12 new negative2026-10-14: 21 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

2921342026-05-29 — 209 pageviews2026-06-02 — 292 pageviews2026-06-06 — 208 pageviews2026-06-10 — 219 pageviews2026-06-14 — 205 pageviews2026-06-18 — 176 pageviews2026-06-22 — 175 pageviews2026-06-26 — 173 pageviews2026-06-30 — 143 pageviews2026-07-04 — 152 pageviews2026-07-08 — 164 pageviews2026-07-12 — 175 pageviews2026-07-16 — 189 pageviews2026-07-20 — 191 pageviews2026-07-24 — 187 pageviews2026-07-28 — 152 pageviews2026-08-01 — 152 pageviews2026-08-05 — 169 pageviews2026-08-09 — 156 pageviews2026-08-13 — 163 pageviews2026-08-17 — 153 pageviews2026-08-21 — 166 pageviews2026-08-25 — 152 pageviews2026-08-29 — 161 pageviews2026-09-02 — 156 pageviews2026-09-06 — 161 pageviews2026-09-10 — 176 pageviews2026-09-14 — 184 pageviews2026-09-18 — 224 pageviews2026-09-22 — 220 pageviews2026-09-26 — 177 pageviews2026-09-30 — 180 pageviews2026-10-04 — 135 pageviews2026-10-07 — 140 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11k1.1k2026-09-30 22:34 — 4,120 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 1,449 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 5,316 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 2,154 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 5,711 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 1,956 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 5,362 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 5,575 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 3,988 viewers2026-10-05 03:12 — 3,342 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 1,502 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 6,135 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 2,393 viewers2026-10-06 19:12 — 10,921 viewers2026-10-07 04:12 — 4,154 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 2,236 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 4,335 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 1,645 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 3,019 viewers2026-10-09 02:12 — 4,402 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 1,908 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 7,276 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 2,304 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 5,067 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 6,375 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 3,537 viewers2026-10-12 03:12 — 3,543 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 1,060 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 5,203 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 2,369 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 4,120 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 2,038 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 3,122 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 3,932 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR Supported

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRAnimeFunnyMemesCasualComedyMMORPGAdventureOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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