Steam in November 2012

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

Biggest risers

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

Launched this month

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

Top 50 of November 2012

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	101,077	169,631	+33%	#1
2	Team Fortress 2	42,499	80,988	-9.5%	#2
3	Counter-Strike	29,670	56,957	+2.9%	#4
4	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	20,405	39,677	+7.2%	#7
5	Counter-Strike: Source	20,402	42,386	-0.3%	#5
6	PlanetSide 2	16,240	29,449	new	—
7	Borderlands 2	15,770	31,391	-51%	#3
8	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	14,134	50,533	+32%	#8
9	Hitman: Absolution™	9,671	26,039	new	—
10	Left 4 Dead 2	9,417	21,298	+5.3%	#9
11	Garry's Mod	8,273	17,995	+48%	#12
12	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	7,654	18,995	-62%	#6
13	Call of Duty®: Black Ops II	5,511	18,202	new	—
14	Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition	4,380	8,524	-0.4%	#13
15	Torchlight II	3,983	9,725	-48%	#10
16	Terraria	3,976	10,799	+25%	#14
17	Killing Floor	3,415	8,563	+20%	#15
18	Fallout: New Vegas	3,219	6,372	+15%	#16
19	Stronghold Kingdoms	2,868	4,376	+3.8%	#18
20	Natural Selection 2	2,828	7,067	+767%	#91
21	Mount & Blade: Warband	2,678	6,473	-4.1%	#17
22	Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	2,362	8,421	+85%	#32
23	APB Reloaded	2,297	4,677	+1%	#21
24	Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)	2,294	5,112	-8.4%	#19
25	Dishonored	2,148	5,728	-66%	#11
26	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	2,139	4,663	-5.9%	#22
27	Dungeon Defenders	2,052	4,569	+22%	#27
28	Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition	1,909	4,623	+138%	#47
29	Saints Row: The Third	1,841	9,874	-0.9%	#25
30	Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition	1,802	3,890	-5.2%	#24
31	Portal 2	1,795	8,555	+47%	#34
32	The Walking Dead	1,582	7,637	+63%	#42
33	Star Trek Online	1,574	3,218	+28%	#33
34	Counter-Strike: Condition Zero	1,567	3,183	+2.4%	#29
35	The Binding of Isaac	1,560	2,806	-5.1%	#28
36	Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition	1,535	4,265	-21%	#23
37	Call of Duty®: Black Ops	1,426	3,245	+8.7%	#30
38	Crusader Kings II	1,412	2,531	+9.2%	#31
39	Awesomenauts	1,205	7,983	+237%	#85
40	FTL: Faster Than Light	1,200	2,612	-50%	#20
41	Day of Defeat: Source	1,167	2,566	-3.2%	#35
42	Spiral Knights	1,166	2,944	+16%	#40
43	Orcs Must Die! 2	1,137	5,680	+141%	#67
44	The Lord of the Rings Online™	1,045	2,057	-7.9%	#36
45	Just Cause 2	1,022	2,154	+4.5%	#41
46	Tropico 4	991	4,734	+254%	#100
47	Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)	985	2,046	+8%	#44
48	DC Universe™ Online	950	1,693	-7.1%	#39
49	King's Bounty: Warriors of the North	947	2,179	-14%	#37
50	PAYDAY™ The Heist	944	2,059	-48%	#26

Their best month ever

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

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.