Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Half-Life is currently the more played game: 974 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 610 for Left 4 Dead — about 1.6× more players. Across all tracked metrics, Half-Life leads 8 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 39 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
39 days
Half-Life
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
18%
Jun 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 39 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life | Left 4 Dead |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 974 | 610 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,127 | 650 |
| 7-day average | 951 | 652 |
| 30-day average | 910 | 635 |
| 30-day trend | +29% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,690 | 1,188 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 162,552 | 67,458 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 1998 | Nov 16, 2008 |
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | Half-Life | Left 4 Dead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 650 | 817 | 466 | 466 |
| May 2026 | 669 | 953 | 466 | 466 |
| Jun 2026 | 780 | 1,603 | 510 | 1,182 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,014 | 1,690 | 728 | 1,188 |
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: 974 concurrent players on Steam vs 610 for Left 4 Dead — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life averaged 910 concurrent players and Left 4 Dead averaged 635. 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 39 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Half-Life rates higher: 97% positive across 162,552 reviews vs 96% across 67,458 for Left 4 Dead. Half-Life has the larger player base right now (974 vs 610 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.