Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Counter-Strike 2 is currently the more played game: 849,550 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 47,160 for Team Fortress 2 — about 18× more players. Team Fortress 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 86%. 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 54 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
54
Current streak
54 days
Counter-Strike 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
92%
Apr 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 54 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike 2 | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 849,550 | 47,160 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,338,175 | 54,222 |
| 7-day average | 861,039 | 47,365 |
| 30-day average | 887,183 | 43,525 |
| 30-day trend | −3% | −8% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,571,021 | 71,002 |
| Steam reviews | 86% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 9,713,927 | 1,241,053 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~100,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 20, 2012 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Counter-Strike 2 | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 733,188 | 1,347,914 | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 842,402 | 1,484,941 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 917,299 | 1,571,021 | 44,601 | 61,125 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 859,160 | 1,425,436 | 44,635 | 71,002 |
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: 849,550 concurrent players on Steam vs 47,160 for Team Fortress 2 — about 18× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike 2 averaged 887,183 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 43,525. 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 54 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Team Fortress 2 rates higher: 91% positive across 1,241,053 reviews vs 86% across 9,713,927 for Counter-Strike 2. Counter-Strike 2 has the larger player base right now (849,550 vs 47,160 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Counter-Strike 2 averaged 887,183 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,571,021.
Team Fortress 2 averaged 43,525 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,002.