Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Portal is currently the more played game: 748 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 26 for Heroes & Generals — about 29× more players. Portal also has the better Steam reviews: 99% positive vs 68%. Across all tracked metrics, Portal leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Portal 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
Portal
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
95%
Jun 24, 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 | Heroes & Generals | Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 26 | 748 |
| 24-hour peak | 31 | 837 |
| 7-day average | 15 | 727 |
| 30-day average | 14 | 706 |
| 30-day trend | +601% | +66% |
| Peak (tracked) | 40 | 1,469 |
| Steam reviews | 68% positive | 99% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 80% positive | 98% positive |
| Total reviews | 141,726 | 196,654 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 17, 2016 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
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| Month | Heroes & Generals | Portal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 384 | 480 |
| May 2026 | 3 | 3 | 403 | 565 |
| Jun 2026 | 8 | 40 | 539 | 1,469 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 15 | 40 | 829 | 1,387 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Portal currently has more players: 748 concurrent players on Steam vs 26 for Heroes & Generals — about 29× more players.
Over the last 30 days Heroes & Generals averaged 14 concurrent players and Portal averaged 706. By that measure Portal is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Portal 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, Portal rates higher: 99% positive across 196,654 reviews vs 68% across 141,726 for Heroes & Generals. Portal has the larger player base right now (748 vs 26 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Heroes & Generals averaged 14 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 601% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40.
Portal averaged 706 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 66% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,469.