Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2 is currently the more played game: 2,067 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,106 for DOOM — about 1.9× more players. Half-Life 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 96%. 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
47%
Jul 12, 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 | DOOM | Half-Life 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,106 | 2,067 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,168 | 2,283 |
| 7-day average | 871 | 1,797 |
| 30-day average | 739 | 1,634 |
| 30-day trend | — | +22% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,442 | 2,950 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 219,680 | 276,089 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 12, 2016 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| Price | $19.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | DOOM | Half-Life 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 1,081 | 1,352 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 1,168 | 1,882 |
| Jun 2026 | 650 | 1,284 | 1,422 | 2,701 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 835 | 1,442 | 1,832 | 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: 2,067 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,106 for DOOM — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days DOOM averaged 739 concurrent players and Half-Life 2 averaged 1,634. 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 96% across 219,680 for DOOM. Half-Life 2 has the larger player base right now (2,067 vs 1,106 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2 averaged 1,634 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 22% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,950.