Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Bloons TD 6 is currently the more played game: 6,723 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,462 for XCOM® 2 — about 1.9× more players. Bloons TD 6 also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 85%. Across all tracked metrics, Bloons TD 6 leads 9 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Bloons TD 6 has had the higher daily player count for the last 15 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
15
Current streak
15 days
Bloons TD 6
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
54%
Jun 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 15 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Bloons TD 6 | XCOM® 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,723 | 3,462 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,558 | 4,375 |
| 7-day average | 8,440 | 3,385 |
| 30-day average | 9,233 | 3,146 |
| 30-day trend | +16% | +9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,971 | 4,375 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 87% positive |
| Total reviews | 390,992 | 108,558 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 16, 2018 | Feb 4, 2016 |
| Price | $13.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Bloons TD 6 | XCOM® 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 8,191 | 10,733 | 3,758 | 3,758 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,124 | 12,539 | 2,948 | 4,311 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,753 | 14,971 | 3,382 | 4,375 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Bloons TD 6 currently has more players: 6,723 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,462 for XCOM® 2 — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days Bloons TD 6 averaged 9,233 concurrent players and XCOM® 2 averaged 3,146. By that measure Bloons TD 6 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Bloons TD 6 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 15 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Bloons TD 6 rates higher: 97% positive across 390,992 reviews vs 85% across 108,558 for XCOM® 2. Bloons TD 6 has the larger player base right now (6,723 vs 3,462 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Bloons TD 6 averaged 9,233 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,971.
XCOM® 2 averaged 3,146 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 4,375.