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Steam, year by year

The most played games on Steam in every month since July 2012, by average players, plus the launches that kept their crowds and the games that come back at the same time every year.

Every year’s most played

By average players over the year. Open a year for its top 50 and month by month.

2026so far · 9 monthsCounter-Strike 2948,000 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
2025Counter-Strike 2978,924 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
2024Counter-Strike 2872,847 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
2023Counter-Strike 2879,418 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. Apex Legends™
2022Counter-Strike: Global Offensive603,169 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. Lost Ark
2021Counter-Strike: Global Offensive607,954 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2020Counter-Strike: Global Offensive657,266 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2019Dota 2477,651 players on average
  1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  2. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2018PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS855,561 players on average
  1. Dota 2
  2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2017Dota 2533,029 players on average
  1. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
  2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2016Dota 2638,268 players on average
  1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  2. Team Fortress 2
2015Dota 2561,580 players on average
  1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  2. Team Fortress 2
2014Dota 2474,745 players on average
  1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  2. Team Fortress 2
2013Dota 2250,042 players on average
  1. Team Fortress 2
  2. Sid Meier's Civilization® V
2012so far · 6 monthsDota 278,221 players on average
  1. Team Fortress 2
  2. Counter-Strike

This month in history

All-time peaks reached in October of an earlier year.

  1. New World: Aeternumpeak 913,027 in Oct 20215 years ago
  2. Battlefield™ 6peak 656,067 in Oct 20251 year ago
  3. Throne and Libertypeak 333,393 in Oct 20242 years ago
  4. Escape from Duckov 逃离鸭科夫peak 301,322 in Oct 20251 year ago
  5. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VIpeak 162,314 in Oct 201610 years ago
  6. Orwell: Keeping an Eye On Youpeak 150,575 in Oct 20188 years ago
  7. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZEROpeak 120,000 in Oct 20242 years ago
  8. Factoriopeak 118,166 in Oct 20242 years ago

Launches that kept their players

The best of the first three months against twelve months after launch, for launches of 5,000+ players in the last five years.

  1. 1Melvor Idlelaunched Nov 2021 · 6,340 at best in the first three months → 7,403 a year on117%kept
  2. 2F1® 25launched Jun 2025 · 5,312 at best in the first three months → 6,025 a year on113%kept
  3. 3Revolution Idlelaunched Oct 2024 · 6,899 at best in the first three months → 7,588 a year on110%kept
  4. 4STALZONElaunched Dec 2022 · 5,667 at best in the first three months → 5,717 a year on101%kept
  5. 5It Takes Twolaunched Mar 2021 · 6,908 at best in the first three months → 6,632 a year on96%kept
  6. 6Delta Forcelaunched Dec 2024 · 73,111 at best in the first three months → 69,896 a year on96%kept
  7. 7Bongo Catlaunched Mar 2025 · 139,811 at best in the first three months → 129,920 a year on93%kept
  8. 8MARVEL SNAPlaunched Oct 2022 · 6,940 at best in the first three months → 6,063 a year on87%kept
  9. 9NARAKA: BLADEPOINTlaunched Aug 2021 · 64,272 at best in the first three months → 54,537 a year on85%kept
  10. 10MIR4launched Aug 2021 · 46,059 at best in the first three months → 38,624 a year on84%kept

Biggest launches since 2012

Average players in the best of a game’s first three months after its launch on Steam.

  1. 1Palworldlaunched Jan 20241,146,060
  2. 2Black Myth: Wukonglaunched Aug 2024970,443
  3. 3ELDEN RINGlaunched Mar 2022522,066
  4. 4TBH: Task Bar Herolaunched Jun 2026434,627
  5. 5New World: Aeternumlaunched Oct 2021410,171
  6. 6Bananalaunched May 2024399,467
  7. 7Cyberpunk 2077launched Dec 2020332,396
  8. 8Battlefield™ 6launched Oct 2025311,140
  9. 9Marvel Rivalslaunched Dec 2024306,066
  10. 10Path of Exile 2launched Dec 2024304,199

Busiest in the same month, every year

Games whose players rise in the same month year after year, beyond their general trend, over four years or more. Often a yearly event or a big annual update.

  1. Last Epochusually busiest in March · 6 years+146%above trend
  2. Hydroneerusually busiest in May · 4 years+128%above trend
  3. Rogue Legacy 2usually busiest in May · 5 years+125%above trend
  4. Griftlandsusually busiest in June · 5 years+118%above trend
  5. Foundationusually busiest in February · 6 years+92%above trend
  6. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of Warusually busiest in June · 6 years+85%above trend
  7. Hurtworldusually busiest in January · 5 years+82%above trend
  8. ENDLESS Legend™usually busiest in January · 10 years+82%above trend
  9. Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Editionusually busiest in December · 4 years+82%above trend
  10. God of Warusually busiest in December · 4 years+80%above trend
  11. Being a DIK - Season 1usually busiest in January · 5 years+80%above trend
  12. 觅长生usually busiest in January · 5 years+77%above trend

Average and peak concurrent players per month from SteamCharts, used with permission; a year is ranked by its average over the months we have. Covers every game with live players today and every notable game (with a Wikipedia article) even if nobody plays it any more.