Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Crab Game is currently the more played game: 789 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 250 for Black Squad — about 3× more players. Crab Game also has the better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 76%. Across all tracked metrics, Crab Game leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Crab Game 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
Crab Game
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
66%
Jul 5, 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 | Black Squad | Crab Game |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 250 | 789 |
| 24-hour peak | 281 | 842 |
| 7-day average | 197 | 700 |
| 30-day average | 194 | 693 |
| 30-day trend | −20% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,032 | 1,071 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 81,241 | 151,277 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 25, 2019 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
Full stats: Black Squad · Crab Game · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Black Squad | Crab Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 198 | 247 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 217 | 1,032 | 712 | 1,071 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 195 | 377 | 682 | 963 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Crab Game currently has more players: 789 concurrent players on Steam vs 250 for Black Squad — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Squad averaged 194 concurrent players and Crab Game averaged 693. By that measure Crab Game is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Crab Game 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 76% across 81,241 for Black Squad. Crab Game has the larger player base right now (789 vs 250 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Squad averaged 194 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,032.