Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Tomb Raider Game of the Year is currently the more played game: 1,524 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,043 for Half-Life — about 46% more players. Tomb Raider Game of the Year is currently 85% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Tomb Raider Game of the Year leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Tomb Raider Game of the Year has had the higher daily player count for the last 39 days — Half-Life last led on May 21, 2026.
Days tracked
68
Current streak
39 days
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Lead changes
8
Closest gap
<1%
May 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 68 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Half-Life | Tomb Raider Game of the Year |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 1,043 | 1,524 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,120 | 2,020 |
| 7-day average | 878 | 1,560 |
| 30-day average | 919 | 1,328 |
| 30-day trend | +32% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,690 | 2,648 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 162,552 | 267,642 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 1998 | Mar 4, 2013 |
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 (−85%) |
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| Month | Half-Life | Tomb Raider Game of the Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 650 | 817 | 723 | 970 |
| May 2026 | 669 | 953 | 655 | 828 |
| Jun 2026 | 781 | 1,603 | 1,226 | 2,396 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 987 | 1,690 | 1,455 | 2,648 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Tomb Raider Game of the Year currently has more players: 1,524 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,043 for Half-Life — about 46% more players.
Over the last 30 days Half-Life averaged 919 concurrent players and Tomb Raider Game of the Year averaged 1,328. By that measure Tomb Raider Game of the Year is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 68 days Coilr has tracked both games, Half-Life had the higher daily average on 10 days, most recently on May 21, 2026. Tomb Raider Game of the Year has led for the last 39 days.
By Steam review score, Half-Life rates higher: 97% positive across 162,552 reviews vs 96% across 267,642 for Tomb Raider Game of the Year. Tomb Raider Game of the Year has the larger player base right now (1,524 vs 1,043 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Half-Life averaged 919 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 32% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,690.
Tomb Raider Game of the Year averaged 1,328 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 2,648.