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Call of Duty vs Counter-Strike: Source
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Call of Duty® is currently the more played game: 31,786 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,448 for Counter-Strike: Source, about 9× more players. Call of Duty® has been ahead for 77 days straight, and has led on 77 days of the 78 days Coilr has tracked both games. Counter-Strike: Source counters with better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 59%. Across all tracked metrics, Call of Duty® leads 8 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.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 39.1h in Call of Duty® and 15.2h in Counter-Strike: Source. 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®
39.1h
average of 60 members
Counter-Strike: Source
15.2h
average of 34 members
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Player count history
Call of Duty®Counter-Strike: Source
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 77 days. Counter-Strike: Source last led on May 28, 2026.
Call of Duty® led 77 daysCounter-Strike: Source led 1 day
Days tracked
78
Current streak
77 days
Call of Duty®
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
5%
Jun 9, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 78 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Call of Duty® | Counter-Strike: Source |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 31,786 | 3,448 |
| 24-hour peak | 41,030 | 3,798 |
| 7-day average | 25,680 | 2,357 |
| 30-day average | 27,648 | 2,354 |
| 30-day trend | −7% | −71% |
| Peak (tracked) | 51,797 | 37,913 |
| Steam reviews | 59% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 63% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 779,807 | 192,835 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 27, 2022 | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | Call of Duty® | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 32,343 | 37,947 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 32,262 | 47,969 | 31,766 | 32,622 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,357 | 50,901 | 17,020 | 37,913 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,222 | 51,797 | 5,777 | 27,486 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 27,273 | 45,783 | 2,355 | 4,146 |
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: Source?
Call of Duty® currently has more players: 31,786 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,448 for Counter-Strike: Source, about 9× more players.
Is Call of Duty bigger than Counter-Strike: Source on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Call of Duty® averaged 27,648 concurrent players and Counter-Strike: Source averaged 2,354. By that measure Call of Duty® is currently the bigger game.
Has Counter-Strike: Source ever had more players than Call of Duty®?
Yes. Across the 78 days Coilr has tracked both games, Counter-Strike: Source had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on May 28, 2026. Call of Duty® has led for the last 77 days.
Is Call of Duty better than Counter-Strike: Source?
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike: Source rates higher: 96% positive across 192,835 reviews vs 59% across 779,807 for Call of Duty®. Call of Duty® has the larger player base right now (31,786 vs 3,448 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 27,648 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 51,797.
Is Counter-Strike: Source growing or declining on Steam?
Counter-Strike: Source averaged 2,354 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 71% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,913.