Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
DOOM is currently the more played game: 652 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 111 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 6× more players. DOOM also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 91%. Across all tracked metrics, DOOM leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
DOOM has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
DOOM
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
77%
Jun 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | DOOM | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 652 | 111 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,156 | 169 |
| 7-day average | 870 | 121 |
| 30-day average | 744 | 127 |
| 30-day trend | — | +5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,442 | 234 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 219,680 | 15,257 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 12, 2016 | Oct 31, 2004 |
| Price | $19.99 | — |
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| Month | DOOM | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 116 | 136 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 117 | 185 |
| Jun 2026 | 651 | 1,284 | 124 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 831 | 1,442 | 128 | 234 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
DOOM currently has more players: 652 concurrent players on Steam vs 111 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 6× more players.
Over the last 30 days DOOM averaged 744 concurrent players and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 127. By that measure DOOM is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: DOOM has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, DOOM rates higher: 96% positive across 219,680 reviews vs 91% across 15,257 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. DOOM has the larger player base right now (652 vs 111 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 127 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 234.