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Dota 2 vs Rainbow Six Siege
Dota 2 is the more played game right now: 648,697 players on Steam against 48,719 for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, about 13× more players. Dota 2 has been ahead for 140 days straight.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege counters with better Steam reviews: 82% positive vs 80%. Across all tracked metrics, Dota 2 leads 7 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 586h in Dota 2 and 353h in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. 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
586h
average of 87 members
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
353h
average of 165 members
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Dota 2
748,654Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
65,710Daily averages · latest day · Dota 2, 11× the players of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
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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 140 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Dota 2 led 140 daysTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 140
- Current streak
- 140 days
- Dota 2
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 74%
- Apr 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 140 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 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 648,697 | 48,719 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,019,709 | 87,203 |
| 7-day average | 635,794 | 55,254 |
| 30-day average | 595,015 | 61,020 |
| 30-day trend | −3% | −6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,019,709 | 120,709 |
| Steam reviews | 80% positive | 82% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 69% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 2,795,310 | 1,561,165 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Jul 9, 2013 | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Price | Free to play | 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 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 298,625 | 342,850 | 73,613 | 89,588 |
| May 2026 | 446,221 | 662,198 | 66,480 | 87,338 |
| Jun 2026 | 467,074 | 867,138 | 62,610 | 118,579 |
| Jul 2026 | 545,874 | 859,472 | 51,307 | 75,693 |
| Aug 2026 | 621,475 | 963,976 | 61,123 | 103,423 |
| Sep 2026 | 577,792 | 916,347 | 65,363 | 120,709 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 619,614 | 1,019,709 | 56,459 | 96,161 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Dota 2 or Rainbow Six Siege?
Dota 2 currently has more players: 648,697 concurrent players on Steam vs 48,719 for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, about 13× more players.
Is Dota 2 bigger than Rainbow Six Siege on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Dota 2 averaged 595,015 concurrent players and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege averaged 61,020. By that measure Dota 2 is currently the bigger game.
Has Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 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 140 days both games have been tracked.
Is Dota 2 better than Rainbow Six Siege?
By Steam review score, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege rates higher: 82% positive across 1,561,165 reviews vs 80% across 2,795,310 for Dota 2. Dota 2 has the larger player base right now (648,697 vs 48,719 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Dota 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Dota 2 averaged 595,015 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,019,709.
Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege growing or declining on Steam?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege averaged 61,020 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 120,709.
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