Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Counter-Strike is currently the more played game: 7,575 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,963 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — a similar number of players. Counter-Strike also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, Counter-Strike leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 9 days — Counter-Strike last led on Jun 29, 2026.
Days tracked
21
Current streak
9 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
5%
Jun 29, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 21 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,575 | 6,963 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,340 | 11,643 |
| 7-day average | 7,673 | 7,951 |
| 30-day average | 7,902 | 9,594 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,838 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 260,681 | 160,773 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2000 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $9.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Counter-Strike | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 7,991 | 12,838 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,922 | 12,803 | 9,296 | 14,097 |
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: 7,575 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,963 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 7,902 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,594. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 21 days Coilr has tracked both games, Counter-Strike had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on Jun 29, 2026. The Elder Scrolls® Online has led for the last 9 days.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 260,681 reviews vs 81% across 160,773 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. Counter-Strike has the larger player base right now (7,575 vs 6,963 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.