Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is currently the more played game: 17,148 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 627 for Paladins® — about 27× more players. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 85%. Paladins® is free to play, while Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition costs $34.99. Across all tracked metrics, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has had the higher daily player count for the last 47 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
47 days
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
95%
Jun 1, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | Paladins® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 17,148 | 627 |
| 24-hour peak | 19,695 | 1,078 |
| 7-day average | 17,203 | 769 |
| 30-day average | 17,061 | 749 |
| 30-day trend | −6% | −2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 28,327 | 1,399 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 93% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 180,293 | 345,362 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 13, 2019 | May 7, 2018 |
| Price | $34.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | Paladins® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 19,728 | 20,903 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 19,237 | 26,937 | 804 | 1,209 |
| Jun 2026 | 17,532 | 28,327 | 759 | 1,399 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,878 | 26,644 | 747 | 1,378 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition currently has more players: 17,148 concurrent players on Steam vs 627 for Paladins® — about 27× more players.
Over the last 30 days Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition averaged 17,061 concurrent players and Paladins® averaged 749. By that measure Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 47 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition rates higher: 95% positive across 180,293 reviews vs 85% across 345,362 for Paladins®. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has the larger player base right now (17,148 vs 627 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition averaged 17,061 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 28,327.
Paladins® averaged 749 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,399.