Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Black Squad is currently the more played game: 250 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 145 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 1.7× more players. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 76%. Black Squad is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, Black Squad leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Black Squad 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
Black Squad
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
20%
Jun 30, 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 | Black Squad | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 250 | 145 |
| 24-hour peak | 281 | 187 |
| 7-day average | 197 | 122 |
| 30-day average | 194 | 126 |
| 30-day trend | −20% | +5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,032 | 234 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 81,241 | 15,257 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 25, 2019 | Oct 31, 2004 |
| Price | Free to play | — |
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| Month | Black Squad | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 116 | 136 |
| May 2026 | 198 | 247 | 117 | 185 |
| Jun 2026 | 217 | 1,032 | 124 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 195 | 377 | 128 | 234 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Black Squad currently has more players: 250 concurrent players on Steam vs 145 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Squad averaged 194 concurrent players and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126. By that measure Black Squad is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Black Squad 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, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch rates higher: 91% positive across 15,257 reviews vs 76% across 81,241 for Black Squad. Black Squad has the larger player base right now (250 vs 145 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.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 234.