Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
Castle Crashers® is currently the more played game: 782 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 223 for Life is Strange 2 — about 4× more players. Castle Crashers® also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 87%. Life is Strange 2 is free to play, while Castle Crashers® costs $14.99. Across all tracked metrics, Castle Crashers® leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Castle Crashers® has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
Castle Crashers®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
32%
Jun 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Castle Crashers® | Life is Strange 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 782 | 223 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,348 | 331 |
| 7-day average | 1,308 | 257 |
| 30-day average | 1,804 | 258 |
| 30-day trend | — | −11% |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,953 | 573 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 139,426 | 40,360 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Price | $14.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Castle Crashers® · Life is Strange 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Castle Crashers® | Life is Strange 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 182 | 245 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,486 | 2,953 | 266 | 573 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,650 | 2,698 | 277 | 487 |
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: 782 concurrent players on Steam vs 223 for Life is Strange 2 — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Castle Crashers® averaged 1,804 concurrent players and Life is Strange 2 averaged 258. By that measure Castle Crashers® is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Castle Crashers® has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Castle Crashers® rates higher: 96% positive across 139,426 reviews vs 87% across 40,360 for Life is Strange 2. Castle Crashers® has the larger player base right now (782 vs 223 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Life is Strange 2 averaged 258 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 573.