Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 94,479 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 47,160 for Team Fortress 2 — about 2.0× more players. Team Fortress 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 87%. Team Fortress 2 is free to play, while Rust costs $39.99. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
43%
Jun 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Rust | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 94,479 | 47,160 |
| 24-hour peak | 121,309 | 54,222 |
| 7-day average | 102,919 | 47,365 |
| 30-day average | 104,410 | 43,525 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | −8% |
| Peak (tracked) | 220,224 | 71,002 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 83% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,379,780 | 1,241,053 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 7, 2018 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Price | $39.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Rust | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 95,781 | 182,883 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 104,136 | 220,224 | 44,601 | 61,125 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 107,867 | 197,140 | 44,635 | 71,002 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Rust currently has more players: 94,479 concurrent players on Steam vs 47,160 for Team Fortress 2 — about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days Rust averaged 104,410 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 43,525. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Rust has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Team Fortress 2 rates higher: 91% positive across 1,241,053 reviews vs 87% across 1,379,780 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (94,479 vs 47,160 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Rust averaged 104,410 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.
Team Fortress 2 averaged 43,525 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,002.