Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Casual games.
Battlefield™ 2042 is currently the more played game: 1,078 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 824 for Crab Game — about 31% more players. Crab Game counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 47%. Crab Game is free to play, while Battlefield™ 2042 costs $59.99. Across all tracked metrics, Battlefield™ 2042 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Battlefield™ 2042 has had the higher daily player count for the last 37 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
37 days
Battlefield™ 2042
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Battlefield™ 2042 | Crab Game |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,078 | 824 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,731 | 842 |
| 7-day average | 1,229 | 710 |
| 30-day average | 1,371 | 693 |
| 30-day trend | +50% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,929 | 1,071 |
| Steam reviews | 47% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 59% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 325,140 | 151,277 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Price | $59.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Battlefield™ 2042 | Crab Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 740 | 1,095 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 1,000 | 1,095 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 1,169 | 2,929 | 712 | 1,071 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,307 | 2,565 | 683 | 963 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Battlefield™ 2042 currently has more players: 1,078 concurrent players on Steam vs 824 for Crab Game — about 31% more players.
Over the last 30 days Battlefield™ 2042 averaged 1,371 concurrent players and Crab Game averaged 693. By that measure Battlefield™ 2042 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Battlefield™ 2042 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 37 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Crab Game rates higher: 91% positive across 151,277 reviews vs 47% across 325,140 for Battlefield™ 2042. Battlefield™ 2042 has the larger player base right now (1,078 vs 824 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Battlefield™ 2042 averaged 1,371 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 50% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,929.