Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
SMITE® is currently the more played game: 429 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 401 for Left 4 Dead — a similar number of players. Left 4 Dead counters with better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 79%. SMITE® is free to play, while Left 4 Dead costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, SMITE® leads 7 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 39 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
39 days
SMITE®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
15%
Jun 30, 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 | Left 4 Dead | SMITE® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 401 | 429 |
| 24-hour peak | 664 | 1,402 |
| 7-day average | 626 | 1,028 |
| 30-day average | 638 | 1,046 |
| 30-day trend | — | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,188 | 1,970 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 79% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 67,458 | 119,884 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 16, 2008 | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Left 4 Dead · SMITE® · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Left 4 Dead | SMITE® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 466 | 466 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 466 | 466 | 1,244 | 1,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 511 | 1,182 | 1,086 | 1,970 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 718 | 1,188 | 1,038 | 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: 429 concurrent players on Steam vs 401 for Left 4 Dead — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Left 4 Dead averaged 638 concurrent players and SMITE® averaged 1,046. By that measure SMITE® is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: SMITE® 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, Left 4 Dead rates higher: 96% positive across 67,458 reviews vs 79% across 119,884 for SMITE®. SMITE® has the larger player base right now (429 vs 401 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
SMITE® averaged 1,046 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,970.