Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
Just Cause™ 3 is currently the more played game: 988 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 327 for Life is Strange 2 — about 3× more players. Life is Strange 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 87% positive vs 84%. Life is Strange 2 is free to play, while Just Cause™ 3 costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Just Cause™ 3 leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Just Cause™ 3 has had the higher daily player count for the last 37 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
37 days
Just Cause™ 3
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
67%
Jul 8, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Just Cause™ 3 | Life is Strange 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 988 | 327 |
| 24-hour peak | 1,029 | 333 |
| 7-day average | 860 | 265 |
| 30-day average | 854 | 259 |
| 30-day trend | — | −12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,462 | 573 |
| Steam reviews | 84% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 127,382 | 40,360 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 30, 2015 | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Price | $19.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Just Cause™ 3 · Life is Strange 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Just Cause™ 3 | Life is Strange 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 182 | 245 |
| Jun 2026 | 874 | 1,462 | 266 | 573 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 901 | 1,447 | 281 | 487 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Just Cause™ 3 currently has more players: 988 concurrent players on Steam vs 327 for Life is Strange 2 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Just Cause™ 3 averaged 854 concurrent players and Life is Strange 2 averaged 259. By that measure Just Cause™ 3 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Just Cause™ 3 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 37 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Life is Strange 2 rates higher: 87% positive across 40,360 reviews vs 84% across 127,382 for Just Cause™ 3. Just Cause™ 3 has the larger player base right now (988 vs 327 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Life is Strange 2 averaged 259 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 573.