Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / RPG games.
Warframe is currently the more played game: 68,540 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,620 for PAYDAY 2 — about 5× more players. Warframe is free to play, while PAYDAY 2 costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Warframe leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Warframe has had the higher daily player count for the last 78 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
78
Current streak
78 days
Warframe
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
35%
Jun 11, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 78 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | PAYDAY 2 | Warframe |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,620 | 68,540 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,867 | 75,398 |
| 7-day average | 27,523 | 56,778 |
| 30-day average | 29,804 | 59,770 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 36,219 | 160,351 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 93% positive |
| Total reviews | 673,792 | 672,311 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 13, 2013 | Mar 25, 2013 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | PAYDAY 2 | Warframe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 16,764 | 26,468 | 61,017 | 70,282 |
| May 2026 | 25,803 | 33,915 | 57,156 | 77,566 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,999 | 35,496 | 59,349 | 125,360 |
| Jul 2026 | 30,152 | 36,219 | 59,083 | 160,351 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 24,559 | 32,281 | 60,253 | 75,398 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Warframe currently has more players: 68,540 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,620 for PAYDAY 2 — about 5× more players.
Over the last 30 days PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,804 concurrent players and Warframe averaged 59,770. By that measure Warframe is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Warframe has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 78 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, PAYDAY 2 rates higher: 89% positive across 673,792 reviews vs 88% across 672,311 for Warframe. Warframe has the larger player base right now (68,540 vs 14,620 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,804 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 36,219.
Warframe averaged 59,770 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 160,351.