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Counter-Strike vs Killing Floor 2
Killing Floor 2 is the more played game right now: 6,627 players on Steam against 5,366 for Counter-Strike, about 23% more players. Killing Floor 2 has been ahead for 1 day straight, and has led on 1 day of the 96 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Counter-Strike counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Counter-Strike is read every 10 minutes, Killing Floor 2 every 30 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 20.6h in Counter-Strike and 24.1h in Killing Floor 2. 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
20.6h
average of 55 members
Killing Floor 2
24.1h
average of 58 members
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Counter-Strike
8,150Killing Floor 2
6,075Daily averages · latest day · Counter-Strike, 34% ahead of Killing Floor 2
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Counter-Strike is read every 10 minutes, Killing Floor 2 every 30 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
Killing Floor 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 1 day. Counter-Strike last led on Oct 19, 2026.
Counter-Strike led 95 daysKilling Floor 2 led 1 day
- Days tracked
- 96
- Current streak
- 1 day
- Killing Floor 2
- Lead changes
- 1
- Closest gap
- 4%
- Oct 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 96 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 | Killing Floor 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 5,366 | 6,627 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,325 | 6,769 |
| 7-day average | 8,623 | 5,571 |
| 30-day average | 8,454 | 5,090 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | +13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,636 | 7,400 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 262,361 | 129,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 1, 2000 | Nov 18, 2016 |
| Price | $9.99 | $29.99 |
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 | Killing Floor 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 8,005 | 12,838 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 7,945 | 12,789 | 4,022 | 5,997 |
| Aug 2026 | 7,957 | 12,576 | 4,342 | 6,361 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,980 | 13,254 | 4,189 | 5,773 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 8,725 | 14,636 | 5,760 | 7,400 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Counter-Strike or Killing Floor 2?
Killing Floor 2 currently has more players: 6,627 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,366 for Counter-Strike, about 23% more players.
Is Counter-Strike bigger than Killing Floor 2 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 8,454 concurrent players and Killing Floor 2 averaged 5,090. By that measure Counter-Strike is currently the bigger game.
Has Counter-Strike ever had more players than Killing Floor 2?
Yes. Across the 96 days Coilr has tracked both games, Counter-Strike had the higher daily average on 95 days, most recently on Oct 19, 2026. Killing Floor 2 has led for the last 1 day.
Is Counter-Strike better than Killing Floor 2?
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 262,361 reviews vs 88% across 129,520 for Killing Floor 2. Killing Floor 2 has the larger player base right now (6,627 vs 5,366 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Counter-Strike growing or declining on Steam?
Counter-Strike averaged 8,454 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,636.
Is Killing Floor 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Killing Floor 2 averaged 5,090 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,400.
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