Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Crab Game is currently the more played game: 799 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 126 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 6× more players. Crab Game is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, Crab Game leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Crab Game has had the higher daily player count for the last 39 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
39 days
Crab Game
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
77%
Jul 5, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 39 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Crab Game | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 799 | 126 |
| 24-hour peak | 923 | 194 |
| 7-day average | 703 | 119 |
| 30-day average | 693 | 126 |
| 30-day trend | −5% | +4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,071 | 234 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 81% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 151,277 | 15,257 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 29, 2021 | Oct 31, 2004 |
| Price | Free to play | — |
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| Month | Crab Game | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 116 | 136 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 117 | 185 |
| Jun 2026 | 713 | 1,071 | 124 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 687 | 963 | 128 | 234 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Crab Game currently has more players: 799 concurrent players on Steam vs 126 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Crab Game averaged 693 concurrent players and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126. By that measure Crab Game is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Crab Game has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 39 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Crab Game rates higher: 91% positive across 151,277 reviews vs 91% across 15,257 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Crab Game has the larger player base right now (799 vs 126 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Crab Game averaged 693 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,071.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 234.