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Steam in January 2013

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

Biggest risers

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

  1. 1Anno 2070™1,312 → 2,769 players on average+111%
  2. 2The Sims™ 31,633 → 2,969 players on average+82%
  3. 3Chivalry: Medieval Warfare2,971 → 4,867 players on average+64%
  4. 4Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead3,143 → 4,610 players on average+47%
  5. 5Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition1,504 → 2,042 players on average+36%
  6. 6FTL: Faster Than Light2,569 → 3,423 players on average+33%
  7. 7The Binding of Isaac2,317 → 3,059 players on average+32%
  8. 8Terraria4,642 → 6,025 players on average+30%
  9. 9Garry's Mod10,730 → 13,644 players on average+27%
  10. 10Mount & Blade: Warband3,114 → 3,910 players on average+26%

Launched this month

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

  1. 1DmC: Devil May Crylaunched Jan 2013822
  2. 2Champions of Regnumlaunched Jan 2013233

Top 50 of January 2013

#GameAvg. playersPeakChangeWas
1Dota 2147,748260,989+21%#1
2Team Fortress 244,25574,300+1.4%#2
3Counter-Strike34,81465,188+8.8%#3
4Sid Meier's Civilization® V29,12058,386+14%#4
5Counter-Strike: Source23,70948,458+7.6%#5
6Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 216,16431,359+15%#7
7Borderlands 214,66028,507-0.8%#6
8Garry's Mod13,64424,427+27%#9
9Left 4 Dead 29,41717,873+0.1%#10
10PlanetSide 27,35314,532-36%#8
11Far Cry 36,11619,798-30%#11
12Terraria6,02513,303+30%#16
13Torchlight II5,73216,073+20%#15
14Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition5,32510,207+10%#14
15XCOM: Enemy Unknown4,89211,665-6.1%#13
16Chivalry: Medieval Warfare4,86723,094+64%#26
17Saints Row: The Third4,62411,058-37%#12
18Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead4,6109,005+47%#20
19Mount & Blade: Warband3,9108,413+26%#22
20Dungeon Defenders3,6559,170+20%#24
21Fallout: New Vegas3,4906,544+7.3%#19
22FTL: Faster Than Light3,4239,356+33%#28
23Stronghold Kingdoms3,4075,384+10%#23
24The Binding of Isaac3,0596,115+32%#30
25The Sims™ 32,9696,545+82%#39
26APB Reloaded2,9235,226+11%#27
27Anno 2070™2,7698,065+111%#47
28Portal 22,7406,366-8.8%#25
29Hitman: Absolution™2,6496,545-32%#17
30Killing Floor2,4334,469-28%#18
31Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition2,1744,525+6%#32
32Crusader Kings II2,1474,013+16%#34
33Call of Duty®: Black Ops II2,0905,661-33%#21
34Natural Selection 22,0515,506+12%#35
35Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition2,0425,646+36%#43
36The Lord of the Rings Online™1,9043,383+24%#42
37Star Trek Online1,8073,396+0.9%#36
38Magicka1,73211,717+253%#93
39Dishonored1,7115,429-27%#29
40Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)1,6983,595-16%#33
41Sleeping Dogs1,6945,618+118%#69
42Counter-Strike: Condition Zero1,6623,299+1.9%#40
43The Walking Dead1,3444,755-20%#38
44Day of Defeat: Source1,3092,692+5.8%#50
45Orcs Must Die! 21,2925,808-25%#37
46DC Universe™ Online1,2432,049+23%#58
47Euro Truck Simulator 21,2352,837new—
48Tropico 41,2294,690+42%#64
49Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition1,2252,254+49%#66
50ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition1,2173,816-44%#31

Their best month ever

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

  1. Counter-Strike34,814 players on average · 171 months of history34,814
  2. Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition5,325 players on average · 171 months of history5,325
  3. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare4,867 players on average · 169 months of history4,867
  4. Anno 2070™2,769 players on average · 171 months of history2,769
  5. Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition2,174 players on average · 171 months of history2,174
  6. The Lord of the Rings Online™1,904 players on average · 171 months of history1,904
  7. Magicka1,732 players on average · 171 months of history1,732
  8. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)712 players on average · 171 months of history712

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.