Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2 is currently the more played game: 1,598 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 824 for Crab Game — about 1.9× more players. Half-Life 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 91%. Crab Game is free to play, while Half-Life 2 costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life 2 leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Half-Life 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 37 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
37 days
Half-Life 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
38%
Jun 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Crab Game | Half-Life 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 824 | 1,598 |
| 24-hour peak | 842 | 2,208 |
| 7-day average | 710 | 1,769 |
| 30-day average | 693 | 1,642 |
| 30-day trend | — | +23% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,071 | 2,950 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 81% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 151,277 | 276,089 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 29, 2021 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| Price | Free to play | $9.99 |
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| Month | Crab Game | Half-Life 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 1,081 | 1,352 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 1,168 | 1,882 |
| Jun 2026 | 712 | 1,071 | 1,424 | 2,701 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 683 | 963 | 1,814 | 2,950 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Half-Life 2 currently has more players: 1,598 concurrent players on Steam vs 824 for Crab Game — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days Crab Game averaged 693 concurrent players and Half-Life 2 averaged 1,642. By that measure Half-Life 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Half-Life 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 37 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Half-Life 2 rates higher: 98% positive across 276,089 reviews vs 91% across 151,277 for Crab Game. Half-Life 2 has the larger player base right now (1,598 vs 824 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2 averaged 1,642 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 23% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,950.