Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Castle Crashers® is currently the more played game: 1,065 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 974 for Half-Life — a similar number of players. Across all tracked metrics, Castle Crashers® leads 5 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Castle Crashers® has had the higher daily player count for the last 28 days — Half-Life last led on Jun 17, 2026.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
28 days
Castle Crashers®
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
8%
Jun 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Castle Crashers® | Half-Life |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,065 | 974 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,451 | 1,127 |
| 7-day average | 1,409 | 952 |
| 30-day average | 1,789 | 910 |
| 30-day trend | — | +29% |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,953 | 1,690 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 139,426 | 162,552 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 26, 2012 | Nov 18, 1998 |
| Price | $14.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | Castle Crashers® | Half-Life | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 650 | 817 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 669 | 953 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,485 | 2,953 | 780 | 1,603 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,690 | 2,698 | 1,014 | 1,690 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Castle Crashers® currently has more players: 1,065 concurrent players on Steam vs 974 for Half-Life — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Castle Crashers® averaged 1,789 concurrent players and Half-Life averaged 910. By that measure Castle Crashers® is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 37 days Coilr has tracked both games, Half-Life had the higher daily average on 9 days, most recently on Jun 17, 2026. Castle Crashers® has led for the last 28 days.
By Steam review score, Half-Life rates higher: 97% positive across 162,552 reviews vs 96% across 139,426 for Castle Crashers®. Castle Crashers® has the larger player base right now (1,065 vs 974 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life averaged 910 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 29% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,690.