Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / RPG games.
Dying Light is currently the more played game: 3,030 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 2,348 for Borderlands 2 — about 29% more players. Dying Light also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 90%. Across all tracked metrics, Dying Light leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Dying Light has had the higher daily player count for the last 58 days — Borderlands 2 last led on May 14, 2026.
Days tracked
80
Current streak
58 days
Dying Light
Lead changes
4
Closest gap
<1%
May 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 80 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Borderlands 2 | Dying Light |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,348 | 3,030 |
| 24-hour peak | 2,936 | 6,734 |
| 7-day average | 2,003 | 4,304 |
| 30-day average | 2,218 | 4,887 |
| 30-day trend | +7% | +24% |
| Peak (tracked) | 3,799 | 9,726 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 89% positive | 93% positive |
| Total reviews | 311,598 | 491,387 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 16, 2012 | Jan 25, 2015 |
| Price | $19.99 | $24.99 |
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| Month | Borderlands 2 | Dying Light | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,083 | 3,652 | 3,110 | 4,548 |
| May 2026 | 2,623 | 3,568 | 3,583 | 8,662 |
| Jun 2026 | 2,160 | 3,580 | 4,012 | 8,575 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 2,166 | 3,799 | 5,248 | 9,726 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Dying Light currently has more players: 3,030 concurrent players on Steam vs 2,348 for Borderlands 2 — about 29% more players.
Over the last 30 days Borderlands 2 averaged 2,218 concurrent players and Dying Light averaged 4,887. By that measure Dying Light is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 80 days Coilr has tracked both games, Borderlands 2 had the higher daily average on 17 days, most recently on May 14, 2026. Dying Light has led for the last 58 days.
By Steam review score, Dying Light rates higher: 95% positive across 491,387 reviews vs 90% across 311,598 for Borderlands 2. Dying Light has the larger player base right now (3,030 vs 2,348 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Borderlands 2 averaged 2,218 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 3,799.
Dying Light averaged 4,887 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 24% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,726.