Hot Pot Restaurant vs Pop a Balloon
Pop a Balloon currently leads with 175 concurrent players against 72, a 2.4× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Pop a Balloon at 371 concurrent players, versus 342. Momentum favours Hot Pot Restaurant: +13.4% week over week versus -6.4% for Pop a Balloon. Lifetime, Hot Pot Restaurant has more visits (51.1M vs 20.7M). Full side-by-side history for Hot Pot Restaurant and Pop a Balloon is charted above.
Hot Pot Restaurant
72
playing now
254 24h peak · 51.1M visits
VS
[🌴] Pop a Balloon
175
playing now
356 24h peak · 20.7M visits
Player count history
Hot Pot RestaurantPop a Balloon
Head to head
| Metric | Hot Pot Restaurant | Pop a Balloon | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 72 | 175 | 103 (2.4×) |
| 24h peak | 254 | 356 | 102 |
| 24h average | 136 | 176 | 40 |
| 7-day peak | 333 | 356 | 23 |
| 7-day average | 161 | 162 | 1 |
| 30-day peak | 333 | 356 | 23 |
| All-time peak | 342 | 371 | 29 |
| 24h change | ▼ 7.5% | ▲ 18.9% | — |
| 7d change | ▲ 13.4% | ▼ 6.4% | — |
| Total visits | 51.1M | 20.7M | 30.4M (2.5×) |
| Visits (24h) | 37.9K | 11.4K | 26.5K (3.3×) |
| Visits (7d) | 239K | 72.1K | 166.9K (3.3×) |
| Favorites | 257.3K | 32.4K | 224.9K (8.0×) |
| Rating | 88.1% | 92.8% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #3,993 | #3,241 | of 7,866 |
| Trending score | -29.1 | 17.0 | — |
| Created | May 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2025 | — |
| Genre | Roleplay & Avatar Sim | Strategy | — |
Other comparisons
Both games are sampled on the same schedule and plotted on a shared time axis, so the comparison is like for like. Peaks, averages and growth come from RoVitals's own recorded history — 8 days for Hot Pot Restaurant, 10 for Pop a Balloon.