Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life is currently the more played game: 1,054 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 162 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 7× more players. Half-Life also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 91%. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Half-Life 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
Half-Life
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
79%
Apr 29, 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 | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,054 | 162 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,127 | 187 |
| 7-day average | 950 | 122 |
| 30-day average | 910 | 126 |
| 30-day trend | +29% | +4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,690 | 234 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 162,552 | 15,257 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 1998 | Oct 31, 2004 |
| Price | $9.99 | — |
Full stats: Half-Life · Half-Life 2: Deathmatch · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Half-Life | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 650 | 817 | 116 | 136 |
| May 2026 | 669 | 953 | 117 | 185 |
| Jun 2026 | 780 | 1,603 | 124 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,014 | 1,690 | 128 | 234 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Half-Life currently has more players: 1,054 concurrent players on Steam vs 162 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch — about 7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life averaged 910 concurrent players and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126. By that measure Half-Life is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Half-Life 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, Half-Life rates higher: 97% positive across 162,552 reviews vs 91% across 15,257 for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Half-Life has the larger player base right now (1,054 vs 162 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life averaged 910 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 29% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,690.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch averaged 126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 234.