Steam in July 2015

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on June 2015.

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 July 2015

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	554,991	877,264	-2.4%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	329,532	541,181	-4.2%	#2
3	Terraria	72,133	149,316	+447%	#17
4	Team Fortress 2	60,779	83,241	+7.9%	#3
5	ARK: Survival Evolved	46,765	74,888	+9.1%	#5
6	Clicker Heroes	39,925	58,967	-6.5%	#6
7	Grand Theft Auto V	37,657	60,908	-20%	#4
8	Garry's Mod	34,008	53,414	+9.3%	#8
9	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	31,063	51,898	-0.4%	#7
10	Trove	26,293	58,709	+2,629,200%	—
11	Warframe	19,936	49,829	+8.5%	#10
12	Unturned	17,320	27,275	+42%	#18
13	Arma 3	16,640	29,783	+5.7%	#11
14	Counter-Strike	14,402	23,624	+1.1%	#12
15	Rust	13,818	22,622	+0.6%	#14
16	Path of Exile	13,529	32,284	+236%	#41
17	PAYDAY 2	12,318	21,018	-9.9%	#15
18	AdVenture Capitalist	11,210	15,737	-6%	#19
19	War Thunder	11,124	18,204	+11%	#21
20	Fallout: New Vegas	10,742	19,767	-24%	#13
21	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	10,106	22,148	-56%	#9
22	DayZ	9,017	15,586	+2.5%	#23
23	Left 4 Dead 2	8,983	14,321	-15%	#20
24	Counter-Strike: Source	8,275	13,797	-0.8%	#25
25	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	8,202	13,940	+5.1%	#27
26	Borderlands 2	8,104	15,088	-2.2%	#26
27	Europa Universalis IV	7,754	14,005	-12%	#22
28	Euro Truck Simulator 2	7,594	13,984	-13%	#24
29	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	6,890	11,074	+22%	#33
30	Mount & Blade: Warband	6,449	11,089	-13%	#28
31	7 Days to Die	6,094	10,653	+34%	#35
32	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	6,039	9,882	-1.1%	#31
33	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	5,345	7,729	-12%	#32
34	Cities: Skylines	4,914	8,754	-22%	#29
35	Elite Dangerous	4,913	11,866	+16%	#37
36	Crusader Kings II	4,347	8,595	+12%	#43
37	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	4,258	7,978	-32%	#30
38	Company of Heroes 2	4,161	7,890	+3.2%	#40
39	Total War: ATTILA	3,929	7,339	-4.6%	#38
40	Batman™: Arkham Knight	3,905	10,603	-71%	#16
41	Age of Empires II (Retired)	3,877	7,161	-12%	#36
42	Kerbal Space Program	3,509	5,891	-12%	#42
43	Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition	3,493	6,425	+5.4%	#45
44	Don't Starve Together	3,207	5,239	-40%	#34
45	Time Clickers	3,188	6,968	new	—
46	DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin	2,977	5,169	-5.7%	#46
47	Space Engineers	2,809	5,104	+4.3%	#50
48	The Elder Scrolls® Online	2,707	5,971	+26%	#61
49	PlanetSide 2	2,682	4,627	+15%	#59
50	Farming Simulator 15	2,481	4,816	+2.3%	#57

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.