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Call of Duty vs Counter-Strike
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Call of Duty® is currently the more played game: 30,090 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,200 for Counter-Strike, about 3× more players. Call of Duty® has been ahead for 101 days straight. Counter-Strike counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 59%. Across all tracked metrics, Call of Duty® leads 7 of 10.
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.
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Coilr members average 47.1h in Call of Duty® and 23.0h in Counter-Strike. 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.
Call of Duty®
47.1h
average of 81 members
Counter-Strike
23.0h
average of 39 members
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Player count history
Call of Duty®Counter-Strike
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Call of Duty® has had the higher daily player count for the last 101 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Call of Duty® led 101 daysCounter-Strike led 0 days
Days tracked
101
Current streak
101 days
Call of Duty®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
57%
Aug 31, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 101 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Call of Duty® | Counter-Strike |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 30,090 | 11,200 |
| 24-hour peak | 31,206 | 12,071 |
| 7-day average | 27,595 | 8,062 |
| 30-day average | 26,152 | 7,993 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 51,797 | 13,160 |
| Steam reviews | 59% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 781,312 | 261,739 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 27, 2022 | Nov 1, 2000 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | Call of Duty® | Counter-Strike | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 32,343 | 37,947 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 32,262 | 47,969 | 11,355 | 11,957 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,357 | 50,901 | 8,005 | 12,838 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,225 | 51,797 | 7,945 | 12,789 |
| Aug 2026 | 26,297 | 45,537 | 7,953 | 12,678 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 25,618 | 45,348 | 7,934 | 13,160 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Call of Duty or Counter-Strike?
Call of Duty® currently has more players: 30,090 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,200 for Counter-Strike, about 3× more players.
Is Call of Duty bigger than Counter-Strike on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Call of Duty® averaged 26,152 concurrent players and Counter-Strike averaged 7,993. By that measure Call of Duty® is currently the bigger game.
Has Counter-Strike ever had more players than Call of Duty®?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Call of Duty® has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 101 days both games have been tracked.
Is Call of Duty better than Counter-Strike?
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 261,739 reviews vs 59% across 781,312 for Call of Duty®. Call of Duty® has the larger player base right now (30,090 vs 11,200 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Call of Duty® growing or declining on Steam?
Call of Duty® averaged 26,152 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 51,797.
Is Counter-Strike growing or declining on Steam?
Counter-Strike averaged 7,993 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 13,160.