Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Team Fortress 2 is currently the more played game: 53,913 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 32,630 for Garry's Mod — about 1.7× more players. Garry's Mod counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 91%. Team Fortress 2 is free to play, while Garry's Mod costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Team Fortress 2 leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Team Fortress 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 53 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
53
Current streak
53 days
Team Fortress 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
32%
Jun 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 53 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Garry's Mod | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 32,630 | 53,913 |
| 24-hour peak | 32,630 | 54,514 |
| 7-day average | 23,791 | 47,848 |
| 30-day average | 23,474 | 43,668 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 37,821 | 71,002 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,248,572 | 1,241,053 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 28, 2006 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Garry's Mod · Team Fortress 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Garry's Mod | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 15,423 | 20,907 | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 21,092 | 37,821 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,146 | 36,787 | 44,611 | 61,125 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 23,856 | 35,551 | 44,820 | 71,002 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Team Fortress 2 currently has more players: 53,913 concurrent players on Steam vs 32,630 for Garry's Mod — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Garry's Mod averaged 23,474 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 43,668. By that measure Team Fortress 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Team Fortress 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 53 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Garry's Mod rates higher: 97% positive across 1,248,572 reviews vs 91% across 1,241,053 for Team Fortress 2. Team Fortress 2 has the larger player base right now (53,913 vs 32,630 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Garry's Mod averaged 23,474 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,821.
Team Fortress 2 averaged 43,668 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,002.