Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Squad is currently the more played game: 20,579 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,165 for PAYDAY 2 — a similar number of players. PAYDAY 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 81%. Squad is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, PAYDAY 2 leads 8 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 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
PAYDAY 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
28%
Aug 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | PAYDAY 2 | Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,165 | 20,579 |
| 24-hour peak | 32,240 | 22,346 |
| 7-day average | 27,705 | 13,727 |
| 30-day average | 29,848 | 12,682 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 36,219 | 22,346 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 673,792 | 240,844 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 13, 2013 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Price | $9.99 | $15.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: PAYDAY 2 · Squad · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | PAYDAY 2 | Squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 16,764 | 26,468 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 25,803 | 33,915 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 28,999 | 35,496 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 30,152 | 36,219 | 11,938 | 19,953 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 24,732 | 32,281 | 16,111 | 22,346 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Squad currently has more players: 20,579 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,165 for PAYDAY 2 — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,848 concurrent players and Squad averaged 12,682. 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 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, PAYDAY 2 rates higher: 89% positive across 673,792 reviews vs 81% across 240,844 for Squad. Squad has the larger player base right now (20,579 vs 20,165 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,848 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 36,219.