Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike: Source is currently the more played game: 3,484 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,337 for Battlefield™ 2042 — about 3× more players. Counter-Strike: Source also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 47%. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike: Source leads 7 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike: Source has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
Counter-Strike: Source
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
45%
Jul 12, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Battlefield™ 2042 | Counter-Strike: Source |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,337 | 3,484 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,731 | 3,906 |
| 7-day average | 1,258 | 3,742 |
| 30-day average | 1,367 | 12,384 |
| 30-day trend | +48% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,929 | 37,913 |
| Steam reviews | 47% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 59% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 325,140 | 192,320 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 2021 | Oct 31, 2004 |
| Price | $59.99 | $9.99 |
Full stats: Battlefield™ 2042 · Counter-Strike: Source · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Battlefield™ 2042 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 740 | 1,095 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 1,000 | 1,095 | 31,766 | 32,622 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,168 | 2,929 | 16,795 | 37,913 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,331 | 2,565 | 9,507 | 27,858 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike: Source currently has more players: 3,484 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,337 for Battlefield™ 2042 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Battlefield™ 2042 averaged 1,367 concurrent players and Counter-Strike: Source averaged 12,384. By that measure Counter-Strike: Source is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike: Source has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike: Source rates higher: 96% positive across 192,320 reviews vs 47% across 325,140 for Battlefield™ 2042. Counter-Strike: Source has the larger player base right now (3,484 vs 1,337 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Battlefield™ 2042 averaged 1,367 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 48% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,929.