Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
SMITE® is currently the more played game: 1,131 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 974 for Half-Life — about 16% more players. Half-Life counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 79%. SMITE® is free to play, while Half-Life costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, SMITE® leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
SMITE® has had the higher daily player count for the last 6 days — Half-Life last led on Jul 9, 2026.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
6 days
SMITE®
Lead changes
4
Closest gap
<1%
Jul 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life | SMITE® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 974 | 1,131 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,127 | 1,423 |
| 7-day average | 951 | 1,039 |
| 30-day average | 910 | 1,049 |
| 30-day trend | +29% | −6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,690 | 1,970 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 79% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 162,552 | 119,884 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 1998 | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Half-Life | SMITE® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 650 | 817 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 669 | 953 | 1,244 | 1,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 780 | 1,603 | 1,086 | 1,970 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 1,014 | 1,690 | 1,041 | 1,816 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
SMITE® currently has more players: 1,131 concurrent players on Steam vs 974 for Half-Life — about 16% more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life averaged 910 concurrent players and SMITE® averaged 1,049. By that measure SMITE® is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 38 days Coilr has tracked both games, Half-Life had the higher daily average on 10 days, most recently on Jul 9, 2026. SMITE® has led for the last 6 days.
By Steam review score, Half-Life rates higher: 97% positive across 162,552 reviews vs 79% across 119,884 for SMITE®. SMITE® has the larger player base right now (1,131 vs 974 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.
SMITE® averaged 1,049 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,970.