Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
PAYDAY 2 is currently the more played game: 33,478 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 15,429 for PEAK — about 2.2× more players. PEAK counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 89%. PAYDAY 2 is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, PAYDAY 2 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
PAYDAY 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 66 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
66
Current streak
66 days
PAYDAY 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
9%
May 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 66 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | PAYDAY 2 | PEAK |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 33,478 | 15,429 |
| 24-hour peak | 33,709 | 16,559 |
| 7-day average | 29,563 | 12,983 |
| 30-day average | 29,927 | 14,126 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | −2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 36,219 | 33,343 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 93% positive |
| Total reviews | 673,507 | 337,760 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Aug 12, 2013 | Jun 15, 2025 |
| Price | $4.99 (−50%) | $7.99 |
Full stats: PAYDAY 2 · PEAK · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | PAYDAY 2 | PEAK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 16,764 | 26,468 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 25,803 | 33,915 | 18,256 | 33,343 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,970 | 35,496 | 13,199 | 24,996 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 30,585 | 36,219 | 14,685 | 24,811 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
PAYDAY 2 currently has more players: 33,478 concurrent players on Steam vs 15,429 for PEAK — about 2.2× more players.
Over the last 30 days PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,927 concurrent players and PEAK averaged 14,126. By that measure PAYDAY 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: PAYDAY 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 66 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, PEAK rates higher: 95% positive across 337,760 reviews vs 89% across 673,507 for PAYDAY 2. PAYDAY 2 has the larger player base right now (33,478 vs 15,429 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,927 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 36,219.
PEAK averaged 14,126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 33,343.