Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life 2 is currently the more played game: 2,233 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,125 for Half-Life — about 2.0× more players. 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 79 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
79
Current streak
79 days
Half-Life 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
31%
May 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 79 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life | Half-Life 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,125 | 2,233 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,128 | 2,291 |
| 7-day average | 877 | 1,728 |
| 30-day average | 920 | 1,659 |
| 30-day trend | +32% | +24% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,690 | 2,950 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 162,552 | 276,089 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 1998 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | Half-Life | Half-Life 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 650 | 817 | 1,081 | 1,352 |
| May 2026 | 669 | 953 | 1,168 | 1,882 |
| Jun 2026 | 781 | 1,603 | 1,425 | 2,701 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 987 | 1,690 | 1,808 | 2,950 |
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: 2,233 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,125 for Half-Life — about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life averaged 920 concurrent players and Half-Life 2 averaged 1,659. 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 79 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Half-Life 2 rates higher: 98% positive across 276,089 reviews vs 97% across 162,552 for Half-Life. Half-Life 2 has the larger player base right now (2,233 vs 1,125 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life averaged 920 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 32% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,690.
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.