Steam in January 2015
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 2014.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Saints Row: The Third1,385 → 2,973 players on average+115% - 2
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected3,413 → 6,915 players on average+103% - 3
Rust6,151 → 10,591 players on average+72% - 4
Starbound2,989 → 4,885 players on average+63% - 5
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut1,455 → 2,325 players on average+60% - 6
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)2,170 → 3,157 players on average+45% - 7
DARK SOULS™ II4,662 → 6,543 players on average+40% - 8
Space Engineers4,167 → 5,597 players on average+34% - 9
Don't Starve3,048 → 3,988 players on average+31% - 10
Call of Duty: World at War1,131 → 1,451 players on average+28%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
Top 50 of January 2015
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 558,504 | 961,737 | +6.6% | #1 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 234,071 | 443,188 | +27% | #2 |
| 3 |  Team Fortress 2 | 58,550 | 94,272 | +0.3% | #3 |
| 4 |  Garry's Mod | 36,143 | 73,750 | +13% | #4 |
| 5 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 34,807 | 62,502 | +10% | #5 |
| 6 |  Arma 3 | 20,313 | 44,621 | +26% | #8 |
| 7 |  Counter-Strike | 19,767 | 37,018 | +5.3% | #7 |
| 8 |  Warframe | 17,920 | 28,400 | -7.5% | #6 |
| 9 |  DayZ | 14,447 | 29,335 | -5.6% | #10 |
| 10 |  PAYDAY 2 | 14,175 | 32,516 | -11% | #9 |
| 11 |  Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 13,541 | 26,122 | +0.5% | #12 |
| 12 |  Counter-Strike: Source | 12,402 | 24,519 | +4.6% | #14 |
| 13 |  Terraria | 12,345 | 26,016 | -9.3% | #11 |
| 14 |  War Thunder | 11,170 | 23,837 | +7.9% | #15 |
| 15 |  The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 11,057 | 19,888 | -17% | #13 |
| 16 | Rust | 10,591 | 22,303 | +72% | #26 |
| 17 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,666 | 17,156 | +6.5% | #17 |
| 18 |  Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 9,374 | 18,564 | -1.2% | #16 |
| 19 |  Unturned | 8,445 | 18,529 | +0.1% | #20 |
| 20 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 8,199 | 19,472 | +3.5% | #21 |
| 21 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 7,699 | 20,343 | -12% | #19 |
| 22 |  Borderlands 2 | 7,648 | 16,789 | -3% | #22 |
| 23 |  Path of Exile | 7,172 | 12,184 | +10% | #25 |
| 24 |  Europa Universalis IV | 7,141 | 13,274 | +3.8% | #23 |
| 25 |  Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ | 7,074 | 36,983 | +25% | #27 |
| 26 | Saints Row IV: Re-Elected | 6,915 | 40,141 | +103% | #43 |
| 27 |  Don't Starve Together | 6,641 | 19,612 | -25% | #18 |
| 28 | DARK SOULS™ II | 6,543 | 13,159 | +40% | #31 |
| 29 |  7 Days to Die | 6,354 | 12,839 | -4.2% | #24 |
| 30 | Space Engineers | 5,597 | 12,174 | +34% | #37 |
| 31 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 5,173 | 14,059 | +20% | #33 |
| 32 |  Company of Heroes 2 | 4,982 | 10,720 | -3.3% | #28 |
| 33 |  Fallout: New Vegas | 4,897 | 9,917 | +1.6% | #29 |
| 34 | Starbound | 4,885 | 37,653 | +63% | #47 |
| 35 |  Kerbal Space Program | 4,228 | 9,104 | -7.6% | #32 |
| 36 |  Crusader Kings II | 4,157 | 7,942 | -0.8% | #36 |
| 37 |  XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 4,022 | 8,186 | -0.4% | #39 |
| 38 |  PlanetSide 2 | 4,008 | 7,508 | +13% | #40 |
| 39 | Don't Starve | 3,988 | 10,431 | +31% | #46 |
| 40 |  Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ | 3,825 | 11,409 | -5.8% | #38 |
| 41 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 3,799 | 6,587 | +28% | #48 |
| 42 |  Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel | 3,777 | 10,302 | -12% | #34 |
| 43 |  Neverwinter | 3,681 | 6,043 | +4.7% | #41 |
| 44 |  Far Cry® 4 | 3,608 | 9,663 | -23% | #30 |
| 45 |  Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | 3,403 | 6,453 | -0.8% | #42 |
| 46 |  Insurgency | 3,320 | 8,778 | +7.4% | #45 |
| 47 | Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) | 3,157 | 8,658 | +45% | #63 |
| 48 |  Farming Simulator 15 | 3,084 | 6,890 | -5.3% | #44 |
| 49 | Saints Row: The Third | 2,973 | 16,149 | +115% | #84 |
| 50 |  Portal 2 | 2,599 | 7,876 | -6.4% | #50 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
Stranded Deep2,205 players on average · 141 months of history2,205
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell1,790 players on average · 141 months of history1,790
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale520 players on average · 171 months of history520
StarMade442 players on average · 142 months of history442
The Cat Lady40 players on average · 154 months of history40
BlazeRush21 players on average · 142 months of history21
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.