Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2 is currently the more played game: 1,657 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 774 for Just Cause™ 3 — about 2.1× more players. Half-Life 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 84%. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life 2 leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Half-Life 2 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
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
18%
Jun 11, 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 | Just Cause™ 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,657 | 774 |
| 24-hour peak | 2,208 | 988 |
| 7-day average | 1,767 | 838 |
| 30-day average | 1,642 | 851 |
| 30-day trend | +23% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,950 | 1,459 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 84% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 276,089 | 127,382 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 15, 2004 | Nov 30, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Half-Life 2 | Just Cause™ 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 1,081 | 1,352 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 1,168 | 1,882 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 1,424 | 2,701 | 875 | 1,459 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,813 | 2,950 | 887 | 1,447 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Half-Life 2 currently has more players: 1,657 concurrent players on Steam vs 774 for Just Cause™ 3 — about 2.1× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life 2 averaged 1,642 concurrent players and Just Cause™ 3 averaged 851. By that measure Half-Life 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Half-Life 2 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 rates higher: 98% positive across 276,089 reviews vs 84% across 127,382 for Just Cause™ 3. Half-Life 2 has the larger player base right now (1,657 vs 774 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2 averaged 1,642 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 23% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,950.