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Call of Duty vs Squad
Call of Duty® is the more played game right now: 112,330 players on Steam against 9,515 for Squad, about 12× more players. Call of Duty® has been ahead for 96 days straight.
Squad counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 59%. Across all tracked metrics, Call of Duty® leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Call of Duty® is read every 5 minutes, Squad every 30 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 119h in Call of Duty® and 174h in Squad. 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®
119h
average of 131 members
Squad
174h
average of 48 members
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Call of Duty®
56,513Squad
6,755Daily averages · latest day · Call of Duty®, 8.4× the players of Squad
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Call of Duty® is read every 5 minutes, Squad every 30 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
Call of Duty® has had the higher daily player count for the last 96 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Call of Duty® led 96 daysSquad led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 96
- Current streak
- 96 days
- Call of Duty®
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 39%
- Aug 29, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 96 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Call of Duty® | Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 112,330 | 9,515 |
| 24-hour peak | 112,330 | 11,375 |
| 7-day average | 55,995 | 7,752 |
| 30-day average | 34,672 | 9,472 |
| 30-day trend | +23% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 112,330 | 22,254 |
| Steam reviews | 59% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 784,407 | 245,655 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 27, 2022 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Price | — | $39.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Call of Duty® | Squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 32,343 | 37,947 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 32,262 | 47,969 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 30,357 | 50,901 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 29,225 | 51,797 | 11,936 | 19,928 |
| Aug 2026 | 26,305 | 45,537 | 12,422 | 22,254 |
| Sep 2026 | 26,169 | 45,347 | 9,487 | 21,078 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 33,426 | 112,330 | 8,523 | 17,242 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Call of Duty or Squad?
Call of Duty® currently has more players: 112,330 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,515 for Squad, about 12× more players.
Is Call of Duty bigger than Squad on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Call of Duty® averaged 34,672 concurrent players and Squad averaged 9,472. By that measure Call of Duty® is currently the bigger game.
Has Squad 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 96 days both games have been tracked.
Is Call of Duty better than Squad?
By Steam review score, Squad rates higher: 81% positive across 245,655 reviews vs 59% across 784,407 for Call of Duty®. Call of Duty® has the larger player base right now (112,330 vs 9,515 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 34,672 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 23% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 112,330.
Is Squad growing or declining on Steam?
Squad averaged 9,472 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,254.
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