Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Black Squad is currently the more played game: 157 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 145 for Paladins® — a similar number of players. Paladins® counters with better Steam reviews: 85% positive vs 76%. Across all tracked metrics, Paladins® leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Paladins® has had the higher daily player count for the last 47 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
47 days
Paladins®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
3%
Jun 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Squad | Paladins® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 157 | 145 |
| 24-hour peak | 278 | 1,078 |
| 7-day average | 193 | 770 |
| 30-day average | 193 | 749 |
| 30-day trend | −19% | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,032 | 1,399 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 81,241 | 345,362 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 25, 2019 | May 7, 2018 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Black Squad | Paladins® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 198 | 247 | 804 | 1,209 |
| Jun 2026 | 217 | 1,032 | 759 | 1,399 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 191 | 377 | 750 | 1,378 |
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 145 for Paladins® — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Black Squad averaged 193 concurrent players and Paladins® averaged 749. By that measure Paladins® is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Paladins® has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 47 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Paladins® rates higher: 85% positive across 345,362 reviews vs 76% across 81,241 for Black Squad. Black Squad has the larger player base right now (157 vs 145 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.
Paladins® averaged 749 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,399.