Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is currently the more played game: 12,736 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,024 for Counter-Strike — about 27% more players. Counter-Strike counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 82%.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has had the higher daily player count for the last 40 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
40
Current streak
40 days
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
3%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 40 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,024 | 12,736 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,477 | 33,967 |
| 7-day average | 7,708 | 17,761 |
| 30-day average | 7,919 | 18,150 |
| 30-day trend | −4% | −4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,838 | 42,816 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 82% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 74% positive |
| Total reviews | 260,681 | 187,163 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2000 | May 28, 2025 |
| Price | $9.99 | $39.99 |
Full stats: Counter-Strike · ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Counter-Strike | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | 21,536 | 42,816 |
| Jun 2026 | 7,990 | 12,838 | 18,278 | 40,851 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,976 | 12,803 | 18,284 | 40,719 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN currently has more players: 12,736 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,024 for Counter-Strike — about 27% more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 7,919 concurrent players and ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 18,150. By that measure ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 40 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 260,681 reviews vs 82% across 187,163 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has the larger player base right now (12,736 vs 10,024 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Counter-Strike averaged 7,919 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 12,838.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 18,150 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,816.