Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Marvel Rivals is currently the more played game: 68,724 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 59,615 for Team Fortress 2, about 15% more players. Marvel Rivals has been ahead for 97 days straight. Team Fortress 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 76%. Across all tracked metrics, Marvel Rivals leads 5 of 9.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Coilr members average 61.2h in Marvel Rivals and 700h in Team Fortress 2. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.

Marvel Rivals
61.2h
average of 89 members

Team Fortress 2
700h
average of 57 members
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Marvel Rivals has had the higher daily player count for the last 97 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
97
Current streak
97 days
Marvel Rivals
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
12%
Jun 8, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 97 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Marvel Rivals | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 68,724 | 59,615 |
| 24-hour peak | 96,348 | 60,290 |
| 7-day average | 73,065 | 50,048 |
| 30-day average | 82,020 | 50,292 |
| 30-day trend | −2% | +7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 197,430 | 71,002 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 69% positive | 92% positive |
| Total reviews | 410,462 | 1,247,587 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 5, 2024 | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Marvel Rivals | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 103,946 | 141,509 | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 80,791 | 116,387 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 70,102 | 129,331 | 44,528 | 61,030 |
| Jul 2026 | 84,488 | 197,430 | 47,808 | 71,002 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 81,782 | 145,964 | 50,272 | 63,277 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Marvel Rivals currently has more players: 68,724 concurrent players on Steam vs 59,615 for Team Fortress 2, about 15% more players.
Over the last 30 days Marvel Rivals averaged 82,020 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 50,292. By that measure Marvel Rivals is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Marvel Rivals has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 97 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Team Fortress 2 rates higher: 91% positive across 1,247,587 reviews vs 76% across 410,462 for Marvel Rivals. Marvel Rivals has the larger player base right now (68,724 vs 59,615 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Marvel Rivals averaged 82,020 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 197,430.
Team Fortress 2 averaged 50,292 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,002.