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Counter-Strike 2 vs PUBG
Counter-Strike 2 is the more played game right now: 1,198,771 players on Steam against 249,134 for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, about 5× more players. Counter-Strike 2 has been ahead for 173 days straight.
Counter-Strike 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 61%. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike 2 leads 9 of 9.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 439h in Counter-Strike 2 and 212h in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Counter-Strike 2
439h
average of 321 members
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
212h
average of 172 members
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Counter-Strike 2
889,316PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
323,272Daily averages · latest day · Counter-Strike 2, 2.8× the players of PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 5 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Counter-Strike 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 173 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Counter-Strike 2 led 173 daysPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 173
- Current streak
- 173 days
- Counter-Strike 2
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 56%
- Jul 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 173 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Counter-Strike 2 | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,198,771 | 249,134 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,404,142 | 746,791 |
| 7-day average | 816,394 | 296,819 |
| 30-day average | 819,321 | 313,050 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,552,731 | 824,401 |
| Steam reviews | 86% positive | 61% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 78% positive | 36% positive |
| Total reviews | 9,913,178 | 2,749,239 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~100,000,000 | ~100,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 21, 2012 | Dec 21, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Counter-Strike 2 | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 733,188 | 1,347,914 | 162,384 | 212,877 |
| May 2026 | 842,402 | 1,484,941 | 243,779 | 744,400 |
| Jun 2026 | 917,771 | 1,552,731 | 317,209 | 824,401 |
| Jul 2026 | 853,539 | 1,412,513 | 327,330 | 797,879 |
| Aug 2026 | 831,579 | 1,317,175 | 326,345 | 783,393 |
| Sep 2026 | 814,661 | 1,452,036 | 312,193 | 794,644 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 817,911 | 1,404,142 | 303,081 | 746,791 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Counter-Strike 2 or PUBG?
Counter-Strike 2 currently has more players: 1,198,771 concurrent players on Steam vs 249,134 for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, about 5× more players.
Is Counter-Strike 2 bigger than PUBG on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike 2 averaged 819,321 concurrent players and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS averaged 313,050. By that measure Counter-Strike 2 is currently the bigger game.
Has PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS ever had more players than Counter-Strike 2?
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 173 days both games have been tracked.
Is Counter-Strike 2 better than PUBG?
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike 2 rates higher: 86% positive across 9,913,178 reviews vs 61% across 2,749,239 for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. Counter-Strike 2 has the larger player base right now (1,198,771 vs 249,134 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Counter-Strike 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Counter-Strike 2 averaged 819,321 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,552,731.
Is PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS growing or declining on Steam?
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS averaged 313,050 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 824,401.
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