Steam in January 2014

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

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 January 2014

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	393,860	673,496	+7.4%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	55,627	102,084	+19%	#3
3	Team Fortress 2	50,662	83,323	+5.8%	#2
4	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	38,743	77,825	+2.8%	#5
5	Garry's Mod	28,319	57,327	+20%	#6
6	Rust	24,875	51,872	+170%	#16
7	Counter-Strike	23,322	44,491	+8.9%	#7
8	Left 4 Dead 2	23,110	61,325	+10%	#8
9	DayZ	23,094	42,545	+85%	#12
10	Counter-Strike: Source	17,559	35,222	+4.6%	#9
11	Starbound	13,927	37,933	-65%	#4
12	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	13,829	27,944	-4.1%	#10
13	Borderlands 2	11,983	28,057	+0.2%	#13
14	Warframe	11,661	16,929	+4.9%	#14
15	Terraria	10,850	22,962	-23%	#11
16	Path of Exile	8,357	15,468	-19%	#15
17	PAYDAY 2	7,091	16,595	-2.8%	#17
18	War Thunder	7,077	12,146	+3.7%	#21
19	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	6,557	17,258	-7.5%	#19
20	Neverwinter	6,405	11,604	-11%	#18
21	Arma 3	6,235	14,464	+47%	#24
22	Far Cry 3	5,536	17,099	-20%	#20
23	Fallout: New Vegas	5,517	12,931	+20%	#23
24	PlanetSide 2	5,150	10,606	+25%	#26
25	Torchlight II	5,074	23,546	+78%	#38
26	Europa Universalis IV	4,863	9,956	+21%	#27
27	Saints Row IV: Re-Elected	4,735	42,076	+96%	#48
28	Company of Heroes 2	4,604	15,920	+48%	#36
29	Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™	4,510	10,635	-31%	#22
30	Age of Empires II (Retired)	4,061	11,473	-2.4%	#25
31	Mount & Blade: Warband	4,055	8,989	+3.5%	#29
32	Kerbal Space Program	3,859	8,507	-3.3%	#28
33	Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition	3,534	6,798	+1.4%	#30
34	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	3,373	7,303	+7.4%	#35
35	Crusader Kings II	3,230	5,780	-2.3%	#32
36	RIFT	3,156	5,737	-3.4%	#33
37	Stronghold Kingdoms	3,103	4,733	+19%	#43
38	The Binding of Isaac	2,742	4,483	+9.2%	#44
39	Infestation: The New Beginning	2,681	5,302	-17%	#34
40	APB Reloaded	2,605	4,728	+5.9%	#46
41	BioShock Infinite	2,573	7,924	-25%	#31
42	Might & Magic: Heroes VI	2,477	8,827	+50%	#62
43	Anno 2070™	2,458	9,261	+52%	#64
44	No More Room in Hell	2,348	4,120	-18%	#39
45	Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition	2,305	6,417	+33%	#59
46	Euro Truck Simulator 2	2,293	6,410	-6.3%	#47
47	Tomb Raider Game of the Year	2,245	6,676	-9.6%	#45
48	Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	2,199	6,414	-17%	#42
49	Portal 2	2,160	6,200	-23%	#40
50	Killing Floor	2,068	4,258	-33%	#37

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.