Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is currently the more played game: 450 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 145 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 3× more players. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero 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
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
57%
Jun 17, 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 | Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 450 | 145 |
| 24-hour peak | 478 | 187 |
| 7-day average | 368 | 122 |
| 30-day average | 347 | 126 |
| 30-day trend | — | +5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 619 | 234 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 28,191 | 15,257 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 1, 2004 | Oct 31, 2004 |
| Price | $9.99 | — |
Full stats: Counter-Strike: Condition Zero · Half-Life 2: Deathmatch · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 116 | 136 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 117 | 185 |
| Jun 2026 | 322 | 597 | 124 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 370 | 619 | 128 | 234 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero currently has more players: 450 concurrent players on Steam vs 145 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike: Condition Zero averaged 347 concurrent players and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126. By that measure Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike: Condition Zero 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, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero rates higher: 91% positive across 28,191 reviews vs 91% across 15,257 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero has the larger player base right now (450 vs 145 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 234.