Steam in December 2014
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on November 2014.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Prison Architect1,055 → 2,696 players on average+156% - 2
ENDLESS Legend™1,077 → 2,152 players on average+100% - 3
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™1,260 → 2,508 players on average+99% - 4
Portal 21,427 → 2,777 players on average+95% - 5
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition1,380 → 2,559 players on average+85% - 6
Starbound1,754 → 2,989 players on average+70% - 7
Euro Truck Simulator 25,134 → 8,730 players on average+70% - 8
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected2,010 → 3,413 players on average+70% - 9
EVE Online1,098 → 1,837 players on average+67% - 10
7 Days to Die3,972 → 6,631 players on average+67%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou with Power Up Kitlaunched Dec 20142,953 - 2
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Editionlaunched Dec 20141,057 - 3
Assetto Corsalaunched Dec 20141,028 - 4
Dungeon Defenders IIlaunched Dec 20141,012 - 5
The Talos Principlelaunched Dec 2014540 - 6
Town of Salemlaunched Dec 2014519 - 7
Dead State: Reanimatedlaunched Dec 2014511 - 8
StarMadelaunched Dec 2014442 - 9
NEO Scavengerlaunched Dec 2014197 - 10
I Am Breadlaunched Dec 2014143
Top 50 of December 2014
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 523,940 | 936,583 | -0.9% | #1 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 183,590 | 367,634 | +25% | #2 |
| 3 |  Team Fortress 2 | 58,392 | 97,449 | +2.9% | #3 |
| 4 |  Garry's Mod | 32,034 | 59,773 | +19% | #5 |
| 5 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 31,636 | 58,038 | +8% | #4 |
| 6 |  Warframe | 19,376 | 29,349 | +15% | #9 |
| 7 |  Counter-Strike | 18,778 | 36,393 | +8.6% | #8 |
| 8 |  Arma 3 | 16,064 | 36,250 | +8.2% | #10 |
| 9 |  PAYDAY 2 | 15,913 | 30,874 | -20% | #6 |
| 10 |  DayZ | 15,308 | 29,338 | +15% | #11 |
| 11 |  Terraria | 13,613 | 27,255 | +58% | #17 |
| 12 |  Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 13,480 | 26,270 | +32% | #14 |
| 13 |  The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 13,374 | 22,392 | -31% | #7 |
| 14 |  Counter-Strike: Source | 11,861 | 23,493 | +8% | #12 |
| 15 |  War Thunder | 10,355 | 22,249 | +26% | #18 |
| 16 |  Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 9,490 | 17,296 | +8.7% | #16 |
| 17 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,074 | 17,356 | +3.5% | #15 |
| 18 |  Don't Starve Together | 8,904 | 16,349 | new | — |
| 19 | Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 8,730 | 21,649 | +70% | #27 |
| 20 |  Unturned | 8,439 | 16,702 | +9.6% | #20 |
| 21 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 7,924 | 18,013 | +26% | #23 |
| 22 |  Borderlands 2 | 7,883 | 15,743 | +12% | #22 |
| 23 |  Europa Universalis IV | 6,878 | 12,861 | -2.3% | #21 |
| 24 | 7 Days to Die | 6,631 | 12,596 | +67% | #32 |
| 25 |  Path of Exile | 6,516 | 13,689 | +50% | #31 |
| 26 |  Rust | 6,151 | 11,826 | +14% | #26 |
| 27 |  Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ | 5,673 | 11,416 | -45% | #13 |
| 28 |  Company of Heroes 2 | 5,150 | 10,709 | +9% | #29 |
| 29 |  Fallout: New Vegas | 4,818 | 10,656 | +9.6% | #30 |
| 30 |  Far Cry® 4 | 4,693 | 10,395 | -3.6% | #28 |
| 31 |  DARK SOULS™ II | 4,662 | 10,976 | +38% | #37 |
| 32 |  Kerbal Space Program | 4,578 | 9,985 | +44% | #41 |
| 33 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 4,303 | 13,083 | +47% | #46 |
| 34 |  Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel | 4,280 | 10,466 | -45% | #19 |
| 35 |  Far Cry 3 | 4,232 | 9,819 | -22% | #25 |
| 36 |  Crusader Kings II | 4,191 | 8,882 | +35% | #43 |
| 37 |  Space Engineers | 4,167 | 9,740 | +42% | #45 |
| 38 |  Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ | 4,060 | 12,933 | +2.3% | #33 |
| 39 |  XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 4,037 | 8,718 | +3.4% | #34 |
| 40 |  PlanetSide 2 | 3,540 | 6,305 | +8.8% | #39 |
| 41 |  Neverwinter | 3,516 | 6,069 | -4.9% | #35 |
| 42 |  Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | 3,429 | 6,222 | +8.7% | #42 |
| 43 | Saints Row IV: Re-Elected | 3,413 | 8,245 | +70% | #53 |
| 44 |  Farming Simulator 15 | 3,257 | 6,785 | -43% | #24 |
| 45 |  Insurgency | 3,092 | 6,497 | -3.4% | #40 |
| 46 |  Don't Starve | 3,048 | 8,489 | +19% | #49 |
| 47 | Starbound | 2,989 | 7,747 | +70% | #60 |
| 48 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 2,970 | 4,753 | -12% | #38 |
| 49 | NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou with Power Up Kit | 2,953 | 6,856 | new | — |
| 50 | Portal 2 | 2,777 | 9,817 | +95% | #66 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou with Power Up Kit2,953 players on average · 142 months of history2,953
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES1,795 players on average · 142 months of history1,795
SPORE™1,410 players on average · 171 months of history1,410
FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2799 players on average · 142 months of history799
LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham592 players on average · 143 months of history592- Dead State: Reanimated511 players on average · 152 months of history511
Super Meat Boy480 players on average · 171 months of history480
Turbo Dismount™219 players on average · 153 months of history219- NEO Scavenger197 players on average · 154 months of history197
SpaceChem163 players on average · 171 months of history163
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.