Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Portal is currently the more played game: 476 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 18× more players. Portal also has the better Steam reviews: 99% positive vs 76%. Across all tracked metrics, Portal leads 10 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Portal has had the higher daily player count for the last 77 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
77
Current streak
77 days
Portal
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
91%
Apr 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 77 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 27 | 476 |
| 24-hour peak | 34 | 771 |
| 7-day average | 25 | 692 |
| 30-day average | 26 | 710 |
| 30-day trend | +51% | +68% |
| Peak (tracked) | 70 | 1,469 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 99% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 98% positive |
| Total reviews | 5,520 | 196,654 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 30, 2006 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
Full stats: Half-Life Deathmatch: Source · Portal · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | Portal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 23 | 39 | 384 | 480 |
| May 2026 | 21 | 36 | 403 | 565 |
| Jun 2026 | 21 | 55 | 540 | 1,469 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 30 | 70 | 814 | 1,387 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Portal currently has more players: 476 concurrent players on Steam vs 27 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source — about 18× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life Deathmatch: Source averaged 26 concurrent players and Portal averaged 710. By that measure Portal is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Portal has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 77 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Portal rates higher: 99% positive across 196,654 reviews vs 76% across 5,520 for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Portal has the larger player base right now (476 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.
Portal averaged 710 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 68% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,469.