Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2 is currently the more played game: 2,212 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,091 for Paladins® — about 2.0× more players. Half-Life 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 85%. Paladins® is free to play, while Half-Life 2 costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life 2 leads 8 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 46 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
46
Current streak
46 days
Half-Life 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
19%
May 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 46 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life 2 | Paladins® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,212 | 1,091 |
| 24-hour peak | 2,291 | 1,157 |
| 7-day average | 1,728 | 765 |
| 30-day average | 1,659 | 750 |
| 30-day trend | +24% | −2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 2,950 | 1,399 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 276,089 | 345,362 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 15, 2004 | May 7, 2018 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Half-Life 2 | Paladins® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 1,081 | 1,352 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 1,168 | 1,882 | 804 | 1,209 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,425 | 2,701 | 759 | 1,399 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,808 | 2,950 | 750 | 1,378 |
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: 2,212 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,091 for Paladins® — about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life 2 averaged 1,659 concurrent players and Paladins® averaged 750. 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 46 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Half-Life 2 rates higher: 98% positive across 276,089 reviews vs 85% across 345,362 for Paladins®. Half-Life 2 has the larger player base right now (2,212 vs 1,091 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life 2 averaged 1,659 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 24% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,950.
Paladins® averaged 750 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,399.