Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Castle Crashers® is currently the more played game: 1,116 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 767 for Portal — about 46% more players. Portal counters with better Steam reviews: 99% positive vs 96%. Across all tracked metrics, Castle Crashers® leads 5 of 9.
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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 37 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
37 days
Castle Crashers®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
9%
Jun 9, 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® | Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,116 | 767 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,451 | 828 |
| 7-day average | 1,406 | 725 |
| 30-day average | 1,790 | 706 |
| 30-day trend | — | +66% |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,953 | 1,469 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 99% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 98% positive |
| Total reviews | 139,426 | 196,654 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 26, 2012 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Price | $14.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | Castle Crashers® | Portal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 384 | 480 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 403 | 565 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,485 | 2,953 | 539 | 1,469 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,685 | 2,698 | 828 | 1,387 |
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: 1,116 concurrent players on Steam vs 767 for Portal — about 46% more players.
Over the last 30 days Castle Crashers® averaged 1,790 concurrent players and Portal averaged 706. 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 37 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Portal rates higher: 99% positive across 196,654 reviews vs 96% across 139,426 for Castle Crashers®. Castle Crashers® has the larger player base right now (1,116 vs 767 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Portal averaged 706 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 66% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,469.