Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Dota 2 is currently the more played game: 551,804 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 51,891 for Baldur's Gate 3 — about 11× more players. Baldur's Gate 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 81%. Dota 2 is free to play, while Baldur's Gate 3 costs $59.99. Across all tracked metrics, Dota 2 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Dota 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 58 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
58
Current streak
58 days
Dota 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
85%
Apr 15, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 58 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Baldur's Gate 3 | Dota 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 51,891 | 551,804 |
| 24-hour peak | 55,216 | 750,529 |
| 7-day average | 44,470 | 526,335 |
| 30-day average | 42,831 | 512,427 |
| 30-day trend | +7% | +15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 78,454 | 867,138 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 70% positive |
| Total reviews | 847,875 | 2,741,024 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Aug 2, 2023 | Jul 8, 2013 |
| Price | $59.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Baldur's Gate 3 | Dota 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,555 | 49,592 | 298,625 | 342,850 |
| May 2026 | 44,011 | 69,523 | 446,221 | 662,198 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,589 | 69,334 | 466,105 | 867,138 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 44,948 | 78,454 | 529,134 | 820,315 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Dota 2 currently has more players: 551,804 concurrent players on Steam vs 51,891 for Baldur's Gate 3 — about 11× more players.
Over the last 30 days Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 42,831 concurrent players and Dota 2 averaged 512,427. By that measure Dota 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Dota 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 58 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Baldur's Gate 3 rates higher: 97% positive across 847,875 reviews vs 81% across 2,741,024 for Dota 2. Dota 2 has the larger player base right now (551,804 vs 51,891 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 42,831 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 78,454.
Dota 2 averaged 512,427 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 867,138.