Activision BlizzardOverwatch 2 continues to chug along with regular updates and batches of new content hitting the game, but just how many people are still playing in 2025?
As is the case with any multiplayer title, Overwatch 2 needs to maintain a healthy player base to survive against other online games like Fortnite, Warzone, and even its newest competition in Marvel Rivals.
It has not always been easy, especially with the ups and downs of how the PvE mode was handled, but the consistent updates and reprioritization of PvP means that it has maintained a core community of players. Especially with 6v6 back in experimental form, is the game back on track? Here’s how it looks.
Updated August 1, 2025, with player count information.
Player count in 2025
Overwatch 2 attracted just over 12 million players in July, according to Active Player. This is a significant decrease from the previous month, which made a little bit more than 16.5 million.
Below, you can find the average player count across the past few months to see how this compares:
DEXERTOBlizzard doesn’t publicize the exact number of players across all editions of the game, so we have to turn to a third party to make an estimate. However, it’s worth noting that Active Player uses educated guesses to discover the player count, so while it offers a decent indicator, these numbers are by no means perfect.
Overall, Overwatch 2’s average numbers look to be very stable, sometimes dipping in a month because it’s in the later stage of a season, but not so drastically to cause any concern.
All-time player count peak
Getting a real all-time peak player count is hard because we don’t have any full, publicly viewable data unless Blizzard provides it.
As for its peak numbers, Blizzard revealed on October 14, 2022, that 25 million players had played Overwatch 2 in the first 10 days of the servers going live. Other than that, the devs have yet to publicize any other figures since then.
As of Season 11, 100 million players have signed up for the game.
The last update known sales number for Overwatch was 50 million in 2022 before transitioning to the sequel, and it looks like the free-to-play model has drastically increased its player base since then.
Player count compared to other games
As a competitive hero shooter, you’d naturally want to compare its player base to others, but once again, it’s hard to get an accurate figure due to its multitude of platforms and Blizzard’s reticence on revealing the numbers.
However, the best we can do is compare its numbers on Steam. All of the numbers below are according to SteamCharts:
| Game | 30-day average |
|---|---|
| Overwatch 2 | 21,894 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 918,985 |
| Team Fortress 2 | 44,972 |
| Marvel Rivals | 83,542 |
| Call of Duty | 50,975 |
| Rainbow Six Siege | 73,815 |
As we’ve mentioned above, this is all just Steam numbers, so it’s hard to say this is an accurate measurement. If anything, this may show that the player base just doesn’t use Steam all that much.
Battle.net is the preferred platform for most Overwatch players as the game has been available there from the very beginning. Meanwhile, despite being an Activision-Blizzard title, CoD has always been released on Steam, so it’s no surprise its average and peak numbers are much higher, especially after the launch of Black Ops 6 in November 2024.
So overall, it’s hard to determine if it is bigger than its contemporaries unless Blizzard provides a more in-depth look at its numbers.
Is Overwatch 2 dying?
You may be looking at SteamCharts and think the game is struggling in comparison to many other shooters, but be mindful that the numbers are only from Steam.
Since Overwatch is on multiple platforms, and with most of its player base using Battle.net when on PC, the peak players that SteamCharts recorded in the past month are way off from the actual numbers.
BlizzardThis is why we’ve decided to use Active Player as the closest estimate to the game’s real count, but it, too, may be far off its actual numbers.
The only way we can truly know how many people are actually playing Overwatch 2 is if Blizzard reveals it; however, they are very private with that information, so it’s unlikely we’ll ever get a real answer.
Furthermore, with Marvel Rivals soaking up some of the spotlight, as millions of players jumped over to check out the hero shooter, many have fled from Overwatch 2. But has it been enough to try ‘kill’ Blizzard’s title? Well, no, not quite. Overwatch is still plodding along with its usual content cycle, and there’s plenty of life left in this old dog, despite the new competition.
So, is Overwatch 2 dead? The simple answer is no, as we’ve discussed, the numbers are most likely in the millions every week, but we just don’t have an accurate figure. However, make no mistake, other games like Marvel Rivals and Deadlock are nipping at its heels.
We’ll keep this page updated monthly to bring you the latest Overwatch 2 player count stats. Check out how it compares to that of Valorant, Apex Legends, Deadlock, and Destiny 2.
