Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is currently the more played game: 111 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 4× more players. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch also has the better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 76%. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch leads 9 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has had the higher daily player count for the last 80 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
80
Current streak
80 days
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
65%
May 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 80 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 111 | 27 |
| 24-hour peak | 169 | 34 |
| 7-day average | 121 | 25 |
| 30-day average | 127 | 26 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | +51% |
| Peak (tracked) | 234 | 70 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 76% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 15,257 | 5,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2004 | Apr 30, 2006 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
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| Month | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 116 | 136 | 23 | 39 |
| May 2026 | 117 | 185 | 21 | 36 |
| Jun 2026 | 124 | 232 | 21 | 55 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 128 | 234 | 30 | 70 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch currently has more players: 111 concurrent players on Steam vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 127 concurrent players and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source averaged 26. By that measure Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 80 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch rates higher: 91% positive across 15,257 reviews vs 76% across 5,520 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has the larger player base right now (111 vs 27 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.
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source averaged 26 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 51% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 70.