Steam in July 2014
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on June 2014.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead3,087 → 5,685 players on average+84% - 2
Mount & Blade: Warband5,238 → 9,215 players on average+76% - 3
Dishonored1,097 → 1,907 players on average+74% - 4
Killing Floor2,234 → 3,498 players on average+57% - 5
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online2,172 → 3,344 players on average+54% - 6
RIFT1,627 → 2,454 players on average+51% - 7
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™1,862 → 2,683 players on average+44% - 8
Company of Heroes 24,028 → 5,548 players on average+38% - 9
Fallout: New Vegas4,931 → 6,755 players on average+37% - 10
Space Engineers3,726 → 4,930 players on average+32%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
Top 50 of July 2014
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 537,019 | 874,975 | +4.5% | #1 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 106,138 | 193,613 | +26% | #2 |
| 3 |  Team Fortress 2 | 56,704 | 76,060 | +6.3% | #3 |
| 4 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 37,488 | 65,738 | +4.5% | #4 |
| 5 |  Garry's Mod | 35,001 | 61,425 | +12% | #5 |
| 6 |  Unturned | 30,794 | 62,450 | +769,750% | — |
| 7 |  PAYDAY 2 | 23,715 | 57,166 | +20% | #6 |
| 8 |  Counter-Strike | 18,115 | 30,469 | +0.7% | #7 |
| 9 |  Warframe | 15,222 | 31,766 | +25% | #12 |
| 10 |  DayZ | 15,122 | 30,532 | +4.2% | #8 |
| 11 |  Borderlands 2 | 14,408 | 30,875 | +23% | #14 |
| 12 |  Terraria | 14,023 | 28,048 | +2.3% | #9 |
| 13 |  Arma 3 | 13,880 | 26,977 | +7.1% | #10 |
| 14 |  Counter-Strike: Source | 12,407 | 21,974 | +0.7% | #11 |
| 15 |  Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) | 10,671 | 21,953 | +1,851% | #148 |
| 16 |  Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 10,245 | 18,727 | +2.1% | #15 |
| 17 |  Rust | 10,132 | 15,027 | -15% | #13 |
| 18 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,834 | 16,811 | +7.9% | #17 |
| 19 | Mount & Blade: Warband | 9,215 | 32,799 | +76% | #23 |
| 20 |  DARK SOULS™ II | 8,728 | 19,797 | -12% | #16 |
| 21 |  War Thunder | 7,505 | 11,994 | -13% | #18 |
| 22 | Fallout: New Vegas | 6,755 | 13,791 | +37% | #24 |
| 23 |  Europa Universalis IV | 6,353 | 11,018 | -9.7% | #21 |
| 24 | Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 5,685 | 14,637 | +84% | #35 |
| 25 | Company of Heroes 2 | 5,548 | 11,106 | +38% | #27 |
| 26 |  XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 5,165 | 9,967 | -3.1% | #22 |
| 27 | Space Engineers | 4,930 | 10,415 | +32% | #30 |
| 28 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 4,592 | 9,174 | +6.8% | #26 |
| 29 |  Path of Exile | 4,138 | 6,922 | +6.1% | #29 |
| 30 |  Far Cry 3 | 3,716 | 11,004 | -16% | #25 |
| 31 |  Kerbal Space Program | 3,690 | 7,905 | +28% | #37 |
| 32 |  PlanetSide 2 | 3,668 | 6,536 | +13% | #34 |
| 33 | Killing Floor | 3,498 | 7,467 | +57% | #48 |
| 34 |  Neverwinter | 3,393 | 5,547 | -16% | #28 |
| 35 | FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 3,344 | 5,263 | +54% | #49 |
| 36 |  Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | 3,322 | 5,844 | 0% | #33 |
| 37 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 3,311 | 8,960 | -0.4% | #32 |
| 38 |  Crusader Kings II | 3,116 | 5,307 | -12% | #31 |
| 39 |  7 Days to Die | 2,863 | 5,192 | +8.4% | #39 |
| 40 |  The Binding of Isaac | 2,767 | 4,086 | -4.8% | #36 |
| 41 | Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ | 2,683 | 6,357 | +44% | #62 |
| 42 |  Tomb Raider Game of the Year | 2,676 | 6,620 | +24% | #50 |
| 43 | RIFT | 2,454 | 5,220 | +51% | #67 |
| 44 |  Portal 2 | 2,452 | 7,799 | +23% | #54 |
| 45 |  Starbound | 2,423 | 3,947 | -10% | #38 |
| 46 |  APB Reloaded | 2,223 | 4,228 | +11% | #55 |
| 47 |  Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition | 2,190 | 5,444 | -15% | #41 |
| 48 |  FTL: Faster Than Light | 2,177 | 4,311 | -13% | #42 |
| 49 |  Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2,168 | 5,858 | -12% | #44 |
| 50 |  The Sims™ 3 | 2,153 | 3,818 | +2.9% | #52 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)10,671 players on average · 165 months of history10,671
Sniper Elite 31,570 players on average · 148 months of history1,570
The Wolf Among Us1,559 players on average · 156 months of history1,559
BioShock™733 players on average · 171 months of history733
Magicite630 players on average · 152 months of history630
The LEGO® Movie - Videogame365 players on average · 152 months of history365
Only If363 players on average · 124 months of history363
Risen316 players on average · 171 months of history316
Sacred 2 Gold271 players on average · 167 months of history271
Mount & Blade267 players on average · 171 months of history267
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.