Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike: Source is currently the more played game: 2,116 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 824 for Crab Game — about 3× more players. Counter-Strike: Source also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 91%. Crab Game is free to play, while Counter-Strike: Source costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike: Source leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike: Source 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: Source
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
69%
Jul 15, 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: Source | Crab Game |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,116 | 824 |
| 24-hour peak | 3,700 | 842 |
| 7-day average | 2,846 | 710 |
| 30-day average | 11,974 | 693 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 37,913 | 1,071 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 192,320 | 151,277 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2004 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Counter-Strike: Source · Crab Game · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Counter-Strike: Source | Crab Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 31,766 | 32,622 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 16,876 | 37,913 | 712 | 1,071 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,145 | 27,858 | 683 | 963 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike: Source currently has more players: 2,116 concurrent players on Steam vs 824 for Crab Game — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike: Source averaged 11,974 concurrent players and Crab Game averaged 693. By that measure Counter-Strike: Source is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike: Source 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: Source rates higher: 96% positive across 192,320 reviews vs 91% across 151,277 for Crab Game. Counter-Strike: Source has the larger player base right now (2,116 vs 824 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.