Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Counter-Strike 2 is currently the more played game: 930,593 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 50,484 for Baldur's Gate 3 — about 18× more players. Baldur's Gate 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 86%. Counter-Strike 2 is free to play, while Baldur's Gate 3 costs $59.99. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike 2 leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 65 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
65
Current streak
65 days
Counter-Strike 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
93%
Apr 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 65 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Baldur's Gate 3 | Counter-Strike 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 50,484 | 930,593 |
| 24-hour peak | 55,216 | 1,255,768 |
| 7-day average | 44,476 | 864,550 |
| 30-day average | 42,833 | 884,900 |
| 30-day trend | +7% | −4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 78,454 | 1,571,021 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 78% positive |
| Total reviews | 847,875 | 9,728,774 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~100,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 2, 2023 | Aug 20, 2012 |
| Price | $59.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Baldur's Gate 3 · Counter-Strike 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Baldur's Gate 3 | Counter-Strike 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,555 | 49,592 | 733,188 | 1,347,914 |
| May 2026 | 44,011 | 69,523 | 842,402 | 1,484,941 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,589 | 69,334 | 917,274 | 1,571,021 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 44,945 | 78,454 | 864,549 | 1,425,436 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike 2 currently has more players: 930,593 concurrent players on Steam vs 50,484 for Baldur's Gate 3 — about 18× more players.
Over the last 30 days Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 42,833 concurrent players and Counter-Strike 2 averaged 884,900. By that measure Counter-Strike 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 65 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Baldur's Gate 3 rates higher: 97% positive across 847,875 reviews vs 86% across 9,728,774 for Counter-Strike 2. Counter-Strike 2 has the larger player base right now (930,593 vs 50,484 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 42,833 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 78,454.
Counter-Strike 2 averaged 884,900 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,571,021.