Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Black Squad is currently the more played game: 157 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 6× more players. Black Squad is free to play, while Half-Life Deathmatch: Source costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Black Squad leads 8 of 10.
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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 39 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
39 days
Black Squad
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
70%
Jul 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 39 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Squad | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 157 | 27 |
| 24-hour peak | 278 | 34 |
| 7-day average | 193 | 25 |
| 30-day average | 193 | 26 |
| 30-day trend | −19% | +51% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,032 | 70 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 76% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 81,241 | 5,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 25, 2019 | Apr 30, 2006 |
| Price | Free to play | $9.99 |
Full stats: Black Squad · Half-Life Deathmatch: Source · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Black Squad | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 23 | 39 |
| May 2026 | 198 | 247 | 21 | 36 |
| Jun 2026 | 217 | 1,032 | 21 | 55 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 191 | 377 | 30 | 70 |
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: 157 concurrent players on Steam vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Squad averaged 193 concurrent players and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source averaged 26. 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 39 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Black Squad rates higher: 76% positive across 81,241 reviews vs 76% across 5,520 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Black Squad has the larger player base right now (157 vs 27 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Squad averaged 193 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,032.
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source averaged 26 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 51% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 70.