Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Borderlands 2 is currently the more played game: 1,250 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 824 for Crab Game — about 1.5× more players. Crab Game is free to play, while Borderlands 2 costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Borderlands 2 leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Borderlands 2 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
Borderlands 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
54%
Jun 9, 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 | Borderlands 2 | Crab Game |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,250 | 824 |
| 24-hour peak | 2,332 | 842 |
| 7-day average | 2,048 | 710 |
| 30-day average | 2,216 | 693 |
| 30-day trend | +8% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 3,799 | 1,071 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 311,486 | 151,277 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 16, 2012 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Price | $19.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Borderlands 2 | Crab Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,083 | 3,652 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 2,623 | 3,568 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 2,158 | 3,580 | 712 | 1,071 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 2,171 | 3,799 | 683 | 963 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Borderlands 2 currently has more players: 1,250 concurrent players on Steam vs 824 for Crab Game — about 1.5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Borderlands 2 averaged 2,216 concurrent players and Crab Game averaged 693. By that measure Borderlands 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Borderlands 2 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 90% across 311,486 for Borderlands 2. Borderlands 2 has the larger player base right now (1,250 vs 824 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Borderlands 2 averaged 2,216 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 3,799.