Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Squad is currently the more played game: 19,990 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,662 for Counter-Strike — about 1.7× more players. Counter-Strike counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 81%. Squad is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Squad leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Squad has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
Squad
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
31%
Jul 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike | Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,662 | 19,990 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,775 | 22,346 |
| 7-day average | 7,892 | 13,800 |
| 30-day average | 7,961 | 12,718 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,838 | 22,346 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 260,940 | 240,844 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 1, 2000 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Price | $9.99 | $15.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: Counter-Strike · Squad · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Counter-Strike | Squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 8,005 | 12,838 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 7,934 | 12,803 | 11,938 | 19,953 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 8,365 | 11,775 | 16,069 | 22,346 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Squad currently has more players: 19,990 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,662 for Counter-Strike — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 7,961 concurrent players and Squad averaged 12,718. By that measure Squad is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Squad has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 260,940 reviews vs 81% across 240,844 for Squad. Squad has the larger player base right now (19,990 vs 11,662 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Counter-Strike averaged 7,961 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 12,838.