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Counter-Strike vs Hunt: Showdown 1896
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the more played game right now: 29,137 players on Steam against 11,034 for Counter-Strike, about 3× more players. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has been ahead for 122 days straight.
Counter-Strike counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 74%. Counter-Strike is currently 80% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Hunt: Showdown 1896 leads 7 of 9.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 21.3h in Counter-Strike and 103h in Hunt: Showdown 1896. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Counter-Strike
21.3h
average of 50 members
Hunt: Showdown 1896
103h
average of 48 members
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Counter-Strike
8,262Hunt: Showdown 1896
16,396Daily averages · latest day · Hunt: Showdown 1896, 98% ahead of Counter-Strike
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 10 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily player count for the last 122 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Counter-Strike led 0 daysHunt: Showdown 1896 led 122 days
- Days tracked
- 122
- Current streak
- 122 days
- Hunt: Showdown 1896
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 11%
- May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 122 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Counter-Strike | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,034 | 29,137 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,405 | 29,806 |
| 7-day average | 8,616 | 16,676 |
| 30-day average | 8,121 | 17,839 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | +20% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,296 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 262,024 | 279,405 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 1, 2000 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Price | $1.99 (−80%) | $11.99 (−60%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Counter-Strike | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 10,496 | 13,611 |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | 16,260 | 31,426 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,005 | 12,838 | 17,828 | 42,690 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,945 | 12,789 | 16,129 | 33,283 |
| Aug 2026 | 7,957 | 12,576 | 15,049 | 30,808 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,965 | 13,254 | 17,388 | 40,307 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 8,521 | 14,296 | 16,546 | 31,137 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Counter-Strike or Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 currently has more players: 29,137 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,034 for Counter-Strike, about 3× more players.
Is Counter-Strike bigger than Hunt: Showdown 1896 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 8,121 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,839. By that measure Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the bigger game.
Has Counter-Strike ever had more players than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 122 days both games have been tracked.
Is Counter-Strike better than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 262,024 reviews vs 74% across 279,405 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has the larger player base right now (29,137 vs 11,034 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Counter-Strike growing or declining on Steam?
Counter-Strike averaged 8,121 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,296.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 growing or declining on Steam?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,839 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.
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