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Apex Legends vs Squad
Apex Legends™ is the more played game right now: 187,689 players on Steam against 12,400 for Squad, about 15× more players. Apex Legends™ has been ahead for 83 days straight.
Squad counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 68%. Apex Legends™ is free to play, while Squad costs $19.99 (−50%). Across all tracked metrics, Apex Legends™ leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Apex Legends™ is read every 5 minutes, Squad every 30 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 145h in Apex Legends™ and 188h in Squad. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Apex Legends™
145h
average of 173 members
Squad
188h
average of 44 members
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Apex Legends™
96,989Squad
8,644Daily averages · latest day · Apex Legends™, 11× the players of Squad
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Apex Legends™ is read every 5 minutes, Squad every 30 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Apex Legends™ has had the higher daily player count for the last 83 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Apex Legends™ led 83 daysSquad led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 83
- Current streak
- 83 days
- Apex Legends™
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 86%
- Aug 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 83 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Apex Legends™ | Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 187,689 | 12,400 |
| 24-hour peak | 203,400 | 13,893 |
| 7-day average | 105,294 | 9,554 |
| 30-day average | 113,073 | 9,825 |
| 30-day trend | −13% | −18% |
| Peak (tracked) | 290,024 | 22,254 |
| Steam reviews | 68% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 67% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,071,791 | 244,919 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~100,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 4, 2020 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Price | Free to play | $19.99 (−50%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Apex Legends™ | Squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 83,118 | 107,293 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 116,864 | 268,642 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 104,788 | 258,879 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 97,757 | 212,161 | 11,936 | 19,928 |
| Aug 2026 | 129,465 | 290,024 | 12,422 | 22,254 |
| Sep 2026 | 116,947 | 277,408 | 9,497 | 21,078 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 105,793 | 212,883 | 9,424 | 17,242 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Apex Legends or Squad?
Apex Legends™ currently has more players: 187,689 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,400 for Squad, about 15× more players.
Is Apex Legends bigger than Squad on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Apex Legends™ averaged 113,073 concurrent players and Squad averaged 9,825. By that measure Apex Legends™ is currently the bigger game.
Has Squad ever had more players than Apex Legends™?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Apex Legends™ has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 83 days both games have been tracked.
Is Apex Legends better than Squad?
By Steam review score, Squad rates higher: 81% positive across 244,919 reviews vs 68% across 1,071,791 for Apex Legends™. Apex Legends™ has the larger player base right now (187,689 vs 12,400 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Apex Legends™ growing or declining on Steam?
Apex Legends™ averaged 113,073 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 290,024.
Is Squad growing or declining on Steam?
Squad averaged 9,825 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 18% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,254.
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