Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Dota 2 is currently the more played game: 687,940 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 13,590 for Brawlhalla, about 51× more players. Dota 2 has been ahead for 112 days straight. Across all tracked metrics, Dota 2 leads 8 of 9.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Coilr members average 42.3h in Brawlhalla and 596h in Dota 2. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.

Brawlhalla
42.3h
average of 104 members

Dota 2
596h
average of 57 members
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Dota 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 112 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
112
Current streak
112 days
Dota 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
97%
Jun 4, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 112 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Brawlhalla | Dota 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,590 | 687,940 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,604 | 785,015 |
| 7-day average | 9,407 | 561,467 |
| 30-day average | 10,255 | 595,963 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 17,409 | 1,003,965 |
| Steam reviews | 80% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 59% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 412,493 | 2,776,617 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Oct 17, 2017 | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
Full stats: Brawlhalla · Dota 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Brawlhalla | Dota 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 298,625 | 342,850 |
| May 2026 | 11,294 | 17,409 | 446,221 | 662,198 |
| Jun 2026 | 10,315 | 16,650 | 467,074 | 867,138 |
| Jul 2026 | 9,602 | 14,559 | 545,874 | 859,472 |
| Aug 2026 | 10,327 | 17,082 | 621,425 | 1,003,965 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 9,759 | 16,203 | 573,750 | 919,002 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Dota 2 currently has more players: 687,940 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,590 for Brawlhalla, about 51× more players.
Over the last 30 days Brawlhalla averaged 10,255 concurrent players and Dota 2 averaged 595,963. By that measure Dota 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Dota 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 112 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Dota 2 rates higher: 81% positive across 2,776,617 reviews vs 80% across 412,493 for Brawlhalla. Dota 2 has the larger player base right now (687,940 vs 13,590 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Brawlhalla averaged 10,255 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,409.
Dota 2 averaged 595,963 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,003,965.