Most played on Steam in 2015
Ranked by average concurrent players over the whole year. The change compares the year before.
Month by month
The most played game of each month. Open a month for its full report.
January 2015Dota 2558,504 players on averageFebruary 2015Dota 2628,970 players on averageMarch 2015Dota 2571,713 players on averageApril 2015Dota 2526,062 players on averageMay 2015Dota 2580,348 players on averageJune 2015Dota 2568,448 players on averageJuly 2015Dota 2554,991 players on averageAugust 2015Dota 2606,944 players on averageSeptember 2015Dota 2508,157 players on averageOctober 2015Dota 2521,942 players on averageNovember 2015Dota 2539,536 players on averageDecember 2015Dota 2573,344 players on average
Top 50 of 2015
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 561,580 | 1,262,612 | +18% | #1 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 319,942 | 823,694 | +203% | #2 |
| 3 |  Team Fortress 2 | 56,085 | 94,272 | +4.4% | #3 |
| 4 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 44,688 | 360,761 | new | — |
| 5 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 32,566 | 69,206 | -5.7% | #4 |
| 6 |  Garry's Mod | 30,734 | 73,750 | +8.6% | #5 |
| 7 |  Fallout 4 | 26,703 | 471,955 | new | — |
| 8 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 22,764 | 84,838 | new | — |
| 9 |  Warframe | 22,699 | 58,502 | +55% | #8 |
| 10 |  Clicker Heroes | 20,877 | 65,560 | new | — |
| 11 |  Terraria | 19,000 | 158,947 | +86% | #16 |
| 12 |  Arma 3 | 17,780 | 47,553 | +40% | #12 |
| 13 |  Counter-Strike | 15,277 | 37,018 | -19% | #6 |
| 14 |  PAYDAY 2 | 13,961 | 81,105 | +3.9% | #10 |
| 15 |  Unturned | 13,644 | 36,178 | +67% | #17 |
| 16 |  Rust | 12,472 | 38,110 | -12% | #9 |
| 17 |  War Thunder | 11,296 | 35,236 | +44% | #18 |
| 18 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 10,125 | 92,268 | new | — |
| 19 |  DayZ | 9,165 | 29,335 | -43% | #7 |
| 20 |  Counter-Strike: Source | 8,874 | 24,519 | -32% | #11 |
| 21 |  Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 8,855 | 38,582 | -24% | #13 |
| 22 |  The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 8,611 | 69,673 | +216% | #40 |
| 23 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 8,534 | 23,097 | -19% | #15 |
| 24 |  AdVenture Capitalist | 7,803 | 22,927 | new | — |
| 25 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 7,706 | 30,310 | +94% | #29 |
| 26 |  Europa Universalis IV | 7,649 | 24,394 | +40% | #22 |
| 27 |  Borderlands 2 | 7,545 | 21,917 | -31% | #14 |
| 28 |  Trove | 7,263 | 58,709 | new | — |
| 29 |  Cities: Skylines | 6,951 | 57,421 | new | — |
| 30 |  Path of Exile | 6,912 | 32,284 | +11% | #20 |
| 31 |  Fallout: New Vegas | 6,781 | 30,309 | +50% | #24 |
| 32 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 6,478 | 28,404 | +25% | #23 |
| 33 |  Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 6,004 | 18,564 | -2.1% | #21 |
| 34 |  METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN | 5,720 | 90,952 | new | — |
| 35 |  Total War: ATTILA | 4,878 | 26,237 | new | — |
| 36 |  7 Days to Die | 4,812 | 16,399 | +56% | #38 |
| 37 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 4,692 | 11,905 | +88% | #42 |
| 38 |  Company of Heroes 2 | 4,588 | 16,489 | +13% | #27 |
| 39 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 4,201 | 19,056 | +30% | #36 |
| 40 |  XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 4,130 | 19,807 | -3.4% | #26 |
| 41 |  Space Engineers | 3,995 | 22,303 | +13% | #32 |
| 42 |  Crusader Kings II | 3,793 | 11,884 | +10% | #33 |
| 43 |  Kerbal Space Program | 3,692 | 19,079 | +12% | #35 |
| 44 |  Don't Starve Together | 3,641 | 19,612 | +391% | #117 |
| 45 |  Starbound | 3,527 | 40,131 | -20% | #25 |
| 46 |  Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | 3,518 | 63,681 | new | — |
| 47 |  Elite Dangerous | 3,369 | 18,039 | new | — |
| 48 |  Dying Light | 3,328 | 45,770 | new | — |
| 49 |  Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | 3,248 | 8,874 | -4% | #34 |
| 50 |  Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ | 3,219 | 36,983 | -13% | #31 |
Biggest launches of 2015
Average players in the best of their first three months.
- 1Fallout 4launched Nov 2015226,298
- 2The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remasteredlaunched May 201551,917
- 3ARK: Survival Evolvedlaunched Jun 201546,765
- 4METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAINlaunched Sep 201543,151
- 5Trovelaunched Jul 201526,293
- 6Cities: Skylineslaunched Mar 201526,185
- 7Call of Duty®: Black Ops IIIlaunched Nov 201524,853
- 8Total War: ATTILAlaunched Feb 201514,497
- 9
Batman™: Arkham Knightlaunched Jun 201513,507 - 10Dying Lightlaunched Feb 201512,871
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.