Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike is currently the more played game: 8,273 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 5,653 for Grim Dawn — about 46% more players. Counter-Strike also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 94%. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Counter-Strike has had the higher daily player count for the last 42 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
42
Current streak
42 days
Counter-Strike
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
25%
Jul 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 42 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike | Grim Dawn |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,273 | 5,653 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,851 | 7,033 |
| 7-day average | 7,684 | 4,601 |
| 30-day average | 7,956 | 3,972 |
| 30-day trend | −2% | +31% |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,838 | 7,534 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 260,681 | 106,886 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2000 | Feb 24, 2016 |
| Price | $9.99 | $24.99 |
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| Month | Counter-Strike | Grim Dawn | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | 2,842 | 2,912 |
| Jun 2026 | 7,990 | 12,838 | 3,059 | 6,107 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,951 | 12,803 | 4,531 | 7,534 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Counter-Strike currently has more players: 8,273 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,653 for Grim Dawn — about 46% more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 7,956 concurrent players and Grim Dawn averaged 3,972. By that measure Counter-Strike is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Counter-Strike has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 42 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 260,681 reviews vs 94% across 106,886 for Grim Dawn. Counter-Strike has the larger player base right now (8,273 vs 5,653 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Counter-Strike averaged 7,956 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 12,838.
Grim Dawn averaged 3,972 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 31% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,534.