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Steam in August 2012

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on July 2012.

Biggest risers

Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.

  1. 1Team Fortress 245,567 → 61,561 players on average+35%
  2. 2PAYDAY™ The Heist1,574 → 2,087 players on average+33%
  3. 3Realm of the Mad God Exalt1,122 → 1,447 players on average+29%
  4. 4Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead3,626 → 4,247 players on average+17%
  5. 5APB Reloaded2,482 → 2,899 players on average+17%
  6. 6Dota 252,721 → 55,769 players on average+5.8%
  7. 7Just Cause 21,867 → 1,973 players on average+5.7%
  8. 8The Lord of the Rings Online™1,451 → 1,435 players on average-1.1%
  9. 9Stronghold Kingdoms3,364 → 3,290 players on average-2.2%
  10. 10Counter-Strike34,139 → 33,096 players on average-3.1%

Launched this month

Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.

  1. 1Sleeping Dogslaunched Aug 20124,473
  2. 2Orcs Must Die! 2launched Aug 20122,784
  3. 3Secret World Legendslaunched Aug 2012220

Top 50 of August 2012

#GameAvg. playersPeakChangeWas
1Team Fortress 261,561117,917+35%#2
2Dota 255,769108,689+5.8%#1
3Counter-Strike33,09653,685-3.1%#3
4Counter-Strike: Source25,54348,007-8.7%#4
5Sid Meier's Civilization® V22,28539,110-19%#5
6Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 215,47552,261+1,559%#62
7Left 4 Dead 28,22814,848-33%#6
8Garry's Mod6,86710,711-14%#8
9Fallout: New Vegas5,23210,896-27%#9
10Terraria4,7168,399-48%#7
11Sleeping Dogs4,47312,032new—
12Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition4,4297,831-6%#13
13Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead4,2476,992+17%#16
14Mount & Blade: Warband3,8307,919-7.5%#15
15Stronghold Kingdoms3,2904,784-2.2%#18
16Dungeon Defenders3,2826,212-47%#10
17The Binding of Isaac3,0805,412-38%#12
18APB Reloaded2,8994,876+17%#21
19Orcs Must Die! 22,78411,371new—
20Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)2,6675,157-17%#19
21Portal 22,4815,024-40%#14
22Killing Floor2,2363,674-36%#17
23PAYDAY™ The Heist2,0878,252+33%#29
24Saints Row: The Third2,0623,881-64%#11
25Just Cause 21,9737,346+5.7%#26
26Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition1,9023,653-10%#22
27Counter-Strike: Condition Zero1,7313,143-8.5%#25
28Star Trek Online1,5892,664-7.5%#27
29DC Universe™ Online1,5132,433-26%#24
30Realm of the Mad God Exalt1,4472,558+29%#51
31The Lord of the Rings Online™1,4352,393-1.1%#34
32Crusader Kings II1,4212,487-33%#23
33Call of Duty®: Black Ops1,4042,490-5.6%#32
34Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition1,3802,489-53%#20
35Day of Defeat: Source1,3002,592-5.5%#38
36Spiral Knights1,2412,041-9.1%#39
37Vindictus1,0822,405-29%#31
38MapleStory1,0772,384new—
39Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)9861,796-15%#49
40ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition9512,038-33%#36
41Tropico 49103,187-27%#43
42STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™8861,794new—
43Mafia II (Classic)8791,798-11%#57
44Half-Life 28511,601-26%#50
45Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition8491,370-39%#37
46Left 4 Dead8261,478-31%#45
47Train Simulator Classic8261,554-34%#42
48Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition8221,479-17%#56
49The Sims™ 38211,369-31%#46
50Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition7592,112-32%#52

Their best month ever

Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.

  1. Sleeping Dogs4,473 players on average · 170 months of history4,473
  2. Orcs Must Die! 22,784 players on average · 170 months of history2,784
  3. Just Cause 21,973 players on average · 171 months of history1,973
  4. Dungeons of Dredmor395 players on average · 171 months of history395
  5. Champions Online364 players on average · 171 months of history364
  6. Fieldrunners45 players on average · 171 months of history45

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.