Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is currently the more played game: 145 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 101 for Z1 Battle Royale — about 44% more players. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch also has the better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 56%. Z1 Battle Royale is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch leads 7 of 9.
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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 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
60%
Jul 12, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Z1 Battle Royale |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 145 | 101 |
| 24-hour peak | 187 | 128 |
| 7-day average | 122 | 39 |
| 30-day average | 126 | 22 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | +15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 234 | 147 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 56% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 75% positive |
| Total reviews | 15,257 | 202,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 31, 2004 | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
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| Month | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | Z1 Battle Royale | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 116 | 136 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 117 | 185 | 19 | 29 |
| Jun 2026 | 124 | 232 | 18 | 114 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 128 | 234 | 28 | 147 |
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: 145 concurrent players on Steam vs 101 for Z1 Battle Royale — about 44% more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players and Z1 Battle Royale averaged 22. 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 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch rates higher: 91% positive across 15,257 reviews vs 56% across 202,520 for Z1 Battle Royale. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has the larger player base right now (145 vs 101 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.
Z1 Battle Royale averaged 22 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 147.