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Steam in October 2012

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

Biggest risers

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

  1. 1Killing Floor1,962 → 2,857 players on average+46%
  2. 2Left 4 Dead 26,351 → 8,947 players on average+41%
  3. 3Garry's Mod4,529 → 5,580 players on average+23%
  4. 4Dota 261,868 → 75,965 players on average+23%
  5. 5Dungeon Defenders1,403 → 1,680 players on average+20%
  6. 6Crusader Kings II1,144 → 1,293 players on average+13%
  7. 7Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition4,344 → 4,399 players on average+1.3%
  8. 8Call of Duty®: Black Ops1,298 → 1,312 players on average+1.1%
  9. 9Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition1,905 → 1,900 players on average-0.3%
  10. 10Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)2,528 → 2,505 players on average-0.9%

Launched this month

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

  1. 1XCOM: Enemy Unknownlaunched Oct 201220,353
  2. 2Dishonoredlaunched Oct 20126,391
  3. 3Chivalry: Medieval Warfarelaunched Oct 20122,971
  4. 4Natural Selection 2launched Oct 20122,828
  5. 5Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Editionlaunched Oct 20121,942
  6. 6King's Bounty: Warriors of the Northlaunched Oct 20121,106
  7. 7Dishonoredlaunched Oct 2012885
  8. 8Worms Revolutionlaunched Oct 2012575
  9. 9Hotline Miamilaunched Oct 2012487
  10. 10DOOM 3launched Oct 2012355

Top 50 of October 2012

#GameAvg. playersPeakChangeWas
1Dota 275,965171,860+23%#1
2Team Fortress 246,979106,853-7.3%#3
3Borderlands 231,96668,559-48%#2
4Counter-Strike28,83656,053-2%#4
5Counter-Strike: Source20,47343,924-2.6%#6
6XCOM: Enemy Unknown20,35370,560new—
7Sid Meier's Civilization® V19,02935,714-2.7%#7
8Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 210,73920,850-33%#8
9Left 4 Dead 28,94748,599+41%#10
10Torchlight II7,64621,202-72%#5
11Dishonored6,39119,930new—
12Garry's Mod5,58014,158+23%#11
13Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition4,3998,468+1.3%#12
14Terraria3,1916,664-19%#13
15Killing Floor2,8579,282+46%#22
16Fallout: New Vegas2,8075,387-17%#14
17Mount & Blade: Warband2,7936,428-12%#15
18Stronghold Kingdoms2,7634,273-8%#17
19Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)2,5056,504-0.9%#19
20FTL: Faster Than Light2,3885,744-64%#9
21APB Reloaded2,2744,350-7.8%#20
22Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead2,2735,024-24%#16
23Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition1,9423,851new—
24Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition1,9004,019-0.3%#23
25Saints Row: The Third1,8584,987-37%#18
26PAYDAY™ The Heist1,81014,512+177%#50
27Dungeon Defenders1,6805,223+20%#28
28The Binding of Isaac1,6443,252-24%#21
29Counter-Strike: Condition Zero1,5303,098-2.7%#26
30Call of Duty®: Black Ops1,3122,854+1.1%#30
31Crusader Kings II1,2932,773+13%#34
32Chivalry: Medieval Warfare1,2794,511+3,776%—
33Star Trek Online1,2282,210-9.8%#29
34Portal 21,2212,573-34%#24
35Day of Defeat: Source1,2052,945-3.1%#31
36The Lord of the Rings Online™1,1352,189-2.7%#33
37King's Bounty: Warriors of the North1,1062,198new—
38Sleeping Dogs1,1013,926-28%#27
39DC Universe™ Online1,0231,640-14%#32
40Spiral Knights1,0011,941-3.2%#36
41Just Cause 29783,173-38%#25
42The Walking Dead9725,806+35%#46
43Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition9451,896+20%#44
44Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)9121,9660%#39
45Dishonored8853,289new—
46Train Simulator Classic8351,750-7.7%#40
47Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition8011,414-13%#38
48Realm of the Mad God Exalt7541,718-33%#35
49Mafia II (Classic)7531,758-5.4%#43
50Left 4 Dead7191,939+2.7%#47

Their best month ever

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

  1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown20,353 players on average · 168 months of history20,353
  2. Dishonored6,391 players on average · 168 months of history6,391
  3. King's Bounty: Warriors of the North1,106 players on average · 168 months of history1,106
  4. Dishonored885 players on average · 168 months of history885
  5. DOOM 3355 players on average · 168 months of history355
  6. Lucius228 players on average · 168 months of history228
  7. Rock of Ages105 players on average · 170 months of history105

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.