Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike: Source is currently the more played game: 2,436 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 565 for SMITE® — about 4× more players. Counter-Strike: Source also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 79%. SMITE® is free to play, while Counter-Strike: Source costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike: Source leads 8 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 44 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
44
Current streak
44 days
Counter-Strike: Source
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
52%
Jul 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 44 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike: Source | SMITE® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,436 | 565 |
| 24-hour peak | 3,685 | 1,465 |
| 7-day average | 2,368 | 1,023 |
| 30-day average | 9,489 | 1,045 |
| 30-day trend | −52% | −5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 37,913 | 1,970 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 79% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 67% positive |
| Total reviews | 192,320 | 119,882 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2004 | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Counter-Strike: Source · SMITE® · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Counter-Strike: Source | SMITE® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 31,766 | 32,622 | 1,244 | 1,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,881 | 37,913 | 1,086 | 1,970 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,467 | 27,858 | 1,041 | 1,816 |
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: 2,436 concurrent players on Steam vs 565 for SMITE® — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike: Source averaged 9,489 concurrent players and SMITE® averaged 1,045. 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 44 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike: Source rates higher: 96% positive across 192,320 reviews vs 79% across 119,882 for SMITE®. Counter-Strike: Source has the larger player base right now (2,436 vs 565 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Counter-Strike: Source averaged 9,489 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 52% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,913.
SMITE® averaged 1,045 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,970.