Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2 is currently the more played game: 2,067 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,065 for Castle Crashers® — about 1.9× more players. Half-Life 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 96%. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life 2 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Half-Life 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 10 days — Castle Crashers® last led on Jul 5, 2026.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
10 days
Half-Life 2
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
2%
Jul 6, 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 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,065 | 2,067 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,451 | 2,283 |
| 7-day average | 1,409 | 1,797 |
| 30-day average | 1,789 | 1,634 |
| 30-day trend | — | +22% |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,953 | 2,950 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 139,426 | 276,089 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 26, 2012 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| Price | $14.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | Castle Crashers® | Half-Life 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 1,081 | 1,352 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 1,168 | 1,882 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,485 | 2,953 | 1,422 | 2,701 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,690 | 2,698 | 1,832 | 2,950 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Half-Life 2 currently has more players: 2,067 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,065 for Castle Crashers® — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days Castle Crashers® averaged 1,789 concurrent players and Half-Life 2 averaged 1,634. By that measure Castle Crashers® is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 37 days Coilr has tracked both games, Castle Crashers® had the higher daily average on 18 days, most recently on Jul 5, 2026. Half-Life 2 has led for the last 10 days.
By Steam review score, Half-Life 2 rates higher: 98% positive across 276,089 reviews vs 96% across 139,426 for Castle Crashers®. Half-Life 2 has the larger player base right now (2,067 vs 1,065 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2 averaged 1,634 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 22% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,950.