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Steam in April 2013

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on March 2013.

Biggest risers

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

  1. 1Warframe1,960 → 12,330 players on average+529%
  2. 2Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition1,370 → 2,773 players on average+102%
  3. 3Don't Starve1,261 → 2,391 players on average+90%
  4. 4Portal 21,509 → 2,742 players on average+82%
  5. 5Torchlight II2,137 → 3,758 players on average+76%
  6. 6Kerbal Space Program1,317 → 1,914 players on average+45%
  7. 7Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition1,034 → 1,331 players on average+29%
  8. 8Hitman: Absolution™1,341 → 1,723 players on average+28%
  9. 9Borderlands 27,122 → 8,481 players on average+19%
  10. 10Terraria5,091 → 6,050 players on average+19%

Launched this month

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

  1. 1Age of Empires II (Retired)launched Apr 20135,142
  2. 2Don't Starvelaunched Apr 20133,433
  3. 3Cry of Fearlaunched Apr 20131,333
  4. 4Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragonlaunched Apr 20131,221
  5. 5Eador. Masters of the Broken Worldlaunched Apr 2013689
  6. 6Cities in Motion 2launched Apr 2013490
  7. 7Monaco: What's Yours Is Minelaunched Apr 2013347
  8. 8Surgeon Simulatorlaunched Apr 2013271

Top 50 of April 2013

#GameAvg. playersPeakChangeWas
1Dota 2174,836299,667-3.3%#1
2Team Fortress 241,94371,706-3.2%#2
3Sid Meier's Civilization® V21,43639,478-11%#4
4Counter-Strike21,20443,856-12%#5
5Counter-Strike: Source17,82838,507-14%#6
6Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 216,00631,966+0.3%#7
7Garry's Mod13,75327,237-3.6%#8
8Warframe12,33021,157+529%#30
9Borderlands 28,48117,604+19%#11
10Left 4 Dead 27,32114,109-22%#9
11BioShock Infinite7,13327,908-76%#3
12Terraria6,05011,856+19%#14
13Age of Empires II (Retired)5,14211,761new—
14PlanetSide 24,6758,563-13%#13
15Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition3,9207,695-12%#16
16Torchlight II3,75810,316+76%#27
17Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead3,4726,893-16%#17
18Mount & Blade: Warband3,3967,601+7.1%#20
19Fallout: New Vegas3,1516,225+0.4%#21
20Stronghold Kingdoms3,1054,919-6.7%#18
21Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition2,7738,962+102%#40
22Portal 22,74213,229+82%#37
23APB Reloaded2,7114,975-2.6%#23
24XCOM: Enemy Unknown2,5885,460-15%#22
25Tomb Raider Game of the Year2,5387,728-64%#10
26Killing Floor2,4805,590+15%#26
27Don't Starve2,3915,768+90%#47
28Far Cry 32,2415,743-31%#19
29The Binding of Isaac2,1663,735-0.6%#25
30Arma 32,0364,536-57%#15
31Infestation: The New Beginning2,0204,182+2.3%#29
32Resident Evil 61,9325,650-65%#12
33Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm1,9259,305+218%#78
34Kerbal Space Program1,9143,970+45%#45
35Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition1,7633,922-12%#28
36Hitman: Absolution™1,7238,266+28%#44
37Crusader Kings II1,6973,148-4.9%#33
38Saints Row: The Third1,6953,405-29%#24
39Star Trek Online1,6743,033-1.1%#34
40Dungeon Defenders1,5733,219-19%#31
41Chivalry: Medieval Warfare1,4994,488-1.6%#36
42DC Universe™ Online1,4172,571+4.3%#43
43Dishonored1,4064,432+102%#68
44Cry of Fear1,3333,052new—
45Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition1,3313,876+29%#53
46The Lord of the Rings Online™1,2812,537-6.2%#41
47Just Cause 21,2633,423+17%#50
48FTL: Faster Than Light1,0962,078-20%#42
49Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)1,0842,406-15%#46
50Counter-Strike: Condition Zero1,0272,114-2.7%#52

Their best month ever

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

  1. Cry of Fear1,333 players on average · 162 months of history1,333
  2. Worms Revolution700 players on average · 168 months of history700
  3. Cities in Motion 2490 players on average · 167 months of history490

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.