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Dota 2 vs Team Fortress 2
Dota 2 is the more played game right now: 584,205 players on Steam against 51,504 for Team Fortress 2, about 11× more players. Dota 2 has been ahead for 137 days straight.
Team Fortress 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 80%. Team Fortress 2 is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, Dota 2 leads 6 of 9.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 596h in Dota 2 and 422h in Team Fortress 2. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Dota 2
596h
average of 80 members
Team Fortress 2
422h
average of 122 members
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Dota 2
572,232Team Fortress 2
60,329Daily averages · latest day · Dota 2, 9.5× the players of Team Fortress 2
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 5 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Dota 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 137 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Dota 2 led 137 daysTeam Fortress 2 led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 137
- Current streak
- 137 days
- Dota 2
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 82%
- Apr 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 137 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Dota 2 | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 584,205 | 51,504 |
| 24-hour peak | 836,870 | 73,799 |
| 7-day average | 596,810 | 67,680 |
| 30-day average | 577,499 | 59,998 |
| 30-day trend | −7% | +19% |
| Peak (tracked) | 963,976 | 100,338 |
| Steam reviews | 80% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 69% positive | 92% positive |
| Total reviews | 2,790,444 | 1,253,005 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Jul 9, 2013 | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Dota 2 | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 298,625 | 342,850 | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 446,221 | 662,198 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 467,074 | 867,138 | 44,528 | 61,030 |
| Jul 2026 | 545,874 | 859,472 | 47,799 | 71,002 |
| Aug 2026 | 621,475 | 963,976 | 50,385 | 63,295 |
| Sep 2026 | 577,627 | 916,347 | 56,162 | 78,128 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 591,537 | 895,069 | 68,576 | 100,338 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Dota 2 or Team Fortress 2?
Dota 2 currently has more players: 584,205 concurrent players on Steam vs 51,504 for Team Fortress 2, about 11× more players.
Is Dota 2 bigger than Team Fortress 2 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Dota 2 averaged 577,499 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 59,998. By that measure Dota 2 is currently the bigger game.
Has Team Fortress 2 ever had more players than Dota 2?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Dota 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 137 days both games have been tracked.
Is Dota 2 better than Team Fortress 2?
By Steam review score, Team Fortress 2 rates higher: 91% positive across 1,253,005 reviews vs 80% across 2,790,444 for Dota 2. Dota 2 has the larger player base right now (584,205 vs 51,504 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Dota 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Dota 2 averaged 577,499 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 963,976.
Is Team Fortress 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Team Fortress 2 averaged 59,998 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 100,338.
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