Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Left 4 Dead is currently the more played game: 610 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 145 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 4× more players. Left 4 Dead also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 91%. Across all tracked metrics, Left 4 Dead leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Left 4 Dead has had the higher daily player count for the last 39 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
39 days
Left 4 Dead
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
68%
Jun 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 39 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Left 4 Dead |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 145 | 610 |
| 24-hour peak | 187 | 650 |
| 7-day average | 122 | 652 |
| 30-day average | 126 | 635 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 234 | 1,188 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 15,257 | 67,458 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2004 | Nov 16, 2008 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
Full stats: Half-Life 2: Deathmatch · Left 4 Dead · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Left 4 Dead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 116 | 136 | 466 | 466 |
| May 2026 | 117 | 185 | 466 | 466 |
| Jun 2026 | 124 | 232 | 510 | 1,182 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 128 | 234 | 728 | 1,188 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Left 4 Dead currently has more players: 610 concurrent players on Steam vs 145 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players and Left 4 Dead averaged 635. By that measure Left 4 Dead is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Left 4 Dead has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 39 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Left 4 Dead rates higher: 96% positive across 67,458 reviews vs 91% across 15,257 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Left 4 Dead has the larger player base right now (610 vs 145 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 234.