Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike 2 is currently the more played game: 1,049,670 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 17× more players. Counter-Strike 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 78%. Counter-Strike 2 is free to play, while DayZ costs $24.99 (−50%). Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike 2 leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 60 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
60
Current streak
60 days
Counter-Strike 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
95%
Jul 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 60 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike 2 | DayZ |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,049,670 | 60,416 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,292,219 | 64,972 |
| 7-day average | 837,097 | 36,929 |
| 30-day average | 866,099 | 37,096 |
| 30-day trend | −6% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,571,021 | 65,084 |
| Steam reviews | 86% positive | 78% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 73% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 9,742,892 | 465,974 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~100,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 21, 2012 | Dec 13, 2018 |
| Price | Free to play | $24.99 (−50%) |
Full stats: Counter-Strike 2 · DayZ · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Counter-Strike 2 | DayZ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 733,188 | 1,347,914 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 842,402 | 1,484,941 | 40,401 | 64,822 |
| Jun 2026 | 917,374 | 1,571,021 | 36,774 | 65,084 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 859,307 | 1,425,436 | 36,719 | 64,972 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike 2 currently has more players: 1,049,670 concurrent players on Steam vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 17× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike 2 averaged 866,099 concurrent players and DayZ averaged 37,096. By that measure Counter-Strike 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 60 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike 2 rates higher: 86% positive across 9,742,892 reviews vs 78% across 465,974 for DayZ. Counter-Strike 2 has the larger player base right now (1,049,670 vs 60,416 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Counter-Strike 2 averaged 866,099 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,571,021.
DayZ averaged 37,096 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 65,084.