Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Team Fortress 2 is currently the more played game: 60,277 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 40,279 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition — about 50% more players. Team Fortress 2 is free to play, while The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition costs $39.99. Across all tracked metrics, Team Fortress 2 leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Team Fortress 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 64 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
64
Current streak
64 days
Team Fortress 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
18%
Jun 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 64 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Team Fortress 2 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 60,277 | 40,279 |
| 24-hour peak | 60,438 | 40,610 |
| 7-day average | 50,724 | 25,466 |
| 30-day average | 45,527 | 25,815 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 71,002 | 41,652 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 92% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,243,318 | 371,608 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 10, 2007 | Oct 27, 2016 |
| Price | Free to play | $39.99 |
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| Month | Team Fortress 2 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 44,663 | 52,995 | 19,849 | 22,953 |
| May 2026 | 48,944 | 59,895 | 24,034 | 39,633 |
| Jun 2026 | 44,536 | 61,030 | 25,098 | 40,937 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 47,051 | 71,002 | 25,718 | 41,652 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Team Fortress 2 currently has more players: 60,277 concurrent players on Steam vs 40,279 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition — about 50% more players.
Over the last 30 days Team Fortress 2 averaged 45,527 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition averaged 25,815. By that measure Team Fortress 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Team Fortress 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 64 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition rates higher: 92% positive across 371,608 reviews vs 91% across 1,243,318 for Team Fortress 2. Team Fortress 2 has the larger player base right now (60,277 vs 40,279 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Team Fortress 2 averaged 45,527 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,002.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition averaged 25,815 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 41,652.