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Apex Legends vs Team Fortress 2
Apex Legends™ is the more played game right now: 92,419 players on Steam against 73,084 for Team Fortress 2, about 26% more players. Apex Legends™ has been ahead for 137 days straight.
Team Fortress 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 68%. Across all tracked metrics, Apex Legends™ leads 6 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 151h in Apex Legends™ and 404h in Team Fortress 2. 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™
151h
average of 182 members
Team Fortress 2
404h
average of 130 members
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Apex Legends™
113,599Team Fortress 2
79,630Daily averages · latest day · Apex Legends™, 43% ahead of Team Fortress 2
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 5 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 137 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Apex Legends™ led 137 daysTeam Fortress 2 led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 137
- Current streak
- 137 days
- Apex Legends™
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 6%
- Oct 11, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 137 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™ | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 92,419 | 73,084 |
| 24-hour peak | 239,111 | 91,882 |
| 7-day average | 100,585 | 71,818 |
| 30-day average | 111,959 | 63,462 |
| 30-day trend | −11% | +27% |
| Peak (tracked) | 290,024 | 100,338 |
| Steam reviews | 68% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 67% positive | 93% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,072,890 | 1,253,831 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~100,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 4, 2020 | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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™ | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 83,118 | 107,293 | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 116,864 | 268,642 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 104,788 | 258,879 | 44,528 | 61,030 |
| Jul 2026 | 97,757 | 212,161 | 47,799 | 71,002 |
| Aug 2026 | 129,465 | 290,024 | 50,385 | 63,295 |
| Sep 2026 | 116,959 | 277,408 | 56,164 | 78,128 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 102,407 | 239,111 | 71,589 | 100,338 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Apex Legends or Team Fortress 2?
Apex Legends™ currently has more players: 92,419 concurrent players on Steam vs 73,084 for Team Fortress 2, about 26% more players.
Is Apex Legends bigger than Team Fortress 2 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Apex Legends™ averaged 111,959 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 63,462. By that measure Apex Legends™ is currently the bigger game.
Has Team Fortress 2 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 137 days both games have been tracked.
Is Apex Legends better than Team Fortress 2?
By Steam review score, Team Fortress 2 rates higher: 91% positive across 1,253,831 reviews vs 68% across 1,072,890 for Apex Legends™. Apex Legends™ has the larger player base right now (92,419 vs 73,084 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Apex Legends™ growing or declining on Steam?
Apex Legends™ averaged 111,959 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 290,024.
Is Team Fortress 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Team Fortress 2 averaged 63,462 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 100,338.
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