Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike 2 is currently the more played game: 1,043,622 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 69,810 for Battlefield™ 6 — about 15× more players. Counter-Strike 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 65%. Counter-Strike 2 is free to play, while Battlefield™ 6 costs $69.99. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike 2 leads 8 of 9.
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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 70 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
70
Current streak
70 days
Counter-Strike 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
92%
May 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 70 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Battlefield™ 6 | Counter-Strike 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 69,810 | 1,043,622 |
| 24-hour peak | 71,871 | 1,218,805 |
| 7-day average | 34,523 | 844,132 |
| 30-day average | 34,369 | 876,719 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | −5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 71,871 | 1,571,021 |
| Steam reviews | 65% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 55% positive | 78% positive |
| Total reviews | 352,452 | 9,728,774 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~100,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 9, 2025 | Aug 20, 2012 |
| Price | $69.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Battlefield™ 6 · Counter-Strike 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Battlefield™ 6 | Counter-Strike 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 34,489 | 41,753 | 733,188 | 1,347,914 |
| May 2026 | 37,550 | 56,859 | 842,402 | 1,484,941 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,879 | 65,984 | 917,274 | 1,571,021 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 35,202 | 71,871 | 861,428 | 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: 1,043,622 concurrent players on Steam vs 69,810 for Battlefield™ 6 — about 15× more players.
Over the last 30 days Battlefield™ 6 averaged 34,369 concurrent players and Counter-Strike 2 averaged 876,719. 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 70 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike 2 rates higher: 86% positive across 9,728,774 reviews vs 65% across 352,452 for Battlefield™ 6. Counter-Strike 2 has the larger player base right now (1,043,622 vs 69,810 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Battlefield™ 6 averaged 34,369 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,871.
Counter-Strike 2 averaged 876,719 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,571,021.