Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Left 4 Dead is currently the more played game: 401 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 15× more players. Left 4 Dead also has the better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 76%. Across all tracked metrics, Left 4 Dead leads 8 of 8.
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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 40 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
40
Current streak
40 days
Left 4 Dead
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
95%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 40 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | Left 4 Dead |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 27 | 401 |
| 24-hour peak | 34 | 664 |
| 7-day average | 25 | 626 |
| 30-day average | 26 | 638 |
| 30-day trend | +51% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 70 | 1,188 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 5,520 | 67,458 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 30, 2006 | Nov 16, 2008 |
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
Full stats: Half-Life Deathmatch: Source · Left 4 Dead · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | Left 4 Dead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 23 | 39 | 466 | 466 |
| May 2026 | 21 | 36 | 466 | 466 |
| Jun 2026 | 21 | 55 | 511 | 1,182 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 30 | 70 | 718 | 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: 401 concurrent players on Steam vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 15× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life Deathmatch: Source averaged 26 concurrent players and Left 4 Dead averaged 638. 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 40 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Left 4 Dead rates higher: 96% positive across 67,458 reviews vs 76% across 5,520 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Left 4 Dead has the larger player base right now (401 vs 27 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
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.