Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is currently the more played game: 62,885 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,662 for Counter-Strike — about 5× more players. Counter-Strike counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 82%. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is free to play, while Counter-Strike costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has had the higher daily player count for the last 56 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
56
Current streak
56 days
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
81%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 56 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Counter-Strike | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,662 | 62,885 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,775 | 72,423 |
| 7-day average | 7,892 | 55,450 |
| 30-day average | 7,961 | 51,806 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | −15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,838 | 118,579 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 82% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 75% positive |
| Total reviews | 260,940 | 1,535,575 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 1, 2000 | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Counter-Strike | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 73,613 | 89,588 |
| May 2026 | 11,355 | 11,957 | 66,480 | 87,338 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,005 | 12,838 | 62,610 | 118,579 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,934 | 12,803 | 51,262 | 75,724 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 8,365 | 11,775 | 56,626 | 72,423 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege currently has more players: 62,885 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,662 for Counter-Strike — about 5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Counter-Strike averaged 7,961 concurrent players and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege averaged 51,806. By that measure Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 56 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Counter-Strike rates higher: 97% positive across 260,940 reviews vs 82% across 1,535,575 for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has the larger player base right now (62,885 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.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege averaged 51,806 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 118,579.