Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike 2 is currently the more played game: 1,044,484 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 39,110 for Call of Duty® — about 27× more players. Counter-Strike 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 59%. Counter-Strike 2 is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike 2 leads 9 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 105 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
105
Current streak
105 days
Counter-Strike 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
94%
May 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 105 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Call of Duty® | Counter-Strike 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 39,110 | 1,044,484 |
| 24-hour peak | 40,456 | 1,195,316 |
| 7-day average | 29,035 | 833,940 |
| 30-day average | 29,235 | 852,836 |
| 30-day trend | −5% | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 52,443 | 1,552,731 |
| Steam reviews | 59% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 64% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 778,256 | 9,758,408 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~100,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 27, 2022 | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
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| Month | Call of Duty® | Counter-Strike 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 32,343 | 37,947 | 733,188 | 1,347,914 |
| May 2026 | 32,262 | 47,969 | 842,402 | 1,484,941 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,357 | 50,901 | 917,771 | 1,552,731 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,176 | 52,443 | 853,476 | 1,415,398 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 31,051 | 40,456 | 846,518 | 1,226,343 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike 2 currently has more players: 1,044,484 concurrent players on Steam vs 39,110 for Call of Duty® — about 27× more players.
Over the last 30 days Call of Duty® averaged 29,235 concurrent players and Counter-Strike 2 averaged 852,836. By that measure Counter-Strike 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 105 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike 2 rates higher: 86% positive across 9,758,408 reviews vs 59% across 778,256 for Call of Duty®. Counter-Strike 2 has the larger player base right now (1,044,484 vs 39,110 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Call of Duty® averaged 29,235 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 52,443.
Counter-Strike 2 averaged 852,836 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,552,731.