Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / RPG games.
PAYDAY 2 is currently the more played game: 25,456 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 22,527 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 — a similar number of players. PAYDAY 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 84%. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is currently 70% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, PAYDAY 2 leads 10 of 10.
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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 16 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
16
Current streak
16 days
PAYDAY 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
14%
Jun 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 16 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | PAYDAY 2 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 25,456 | 22,527 |
| 24-hour peak | 30,737 | 23,922 |
| 7-day average | 29,543 | 18,404 |
| 30-day average | 30,311 | 14,947 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | −19% |
| Peak (tracked) | 36,219 | 25,373 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 84% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 673,674 | 218,998 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 13, 2013 | Sep 9, 2024 |
| Price | $9.99 | $17.99 (−70%) |
Full stats: PAYDAY 2 · Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | PAYDAY 2 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 16,764 | 26,468 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 25,803 | 33,915 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 28,996 | 35,496 | 18,328 | 25,373 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 30,281 | 36,219 | 14,896 | 25,220 |
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: 25,456 concurrent players on Steam vs 22,527 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days PAYDAY 2 averaged 30,311 concurrent players and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 averaged 14,947. 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 16 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, PAYDAY 2 rates higher: 89% positive across 673,674 reviews vs 84% across 218,998 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. PAYDAY 2 has the larger player base right now (25,456 vs 22,527 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
PAYDAY 2 averaged 30,311 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 36,219.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 averaged 14,947 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,373.