Steam in January 2016

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 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 January 2016

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	612,175	1,067,949	+6.8%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	365,371	667,432	-3.2%	#2
3	Fallout 4	54,826	119,272	-42%	#3
4	Team Fortress 2	52,764	80,583	-0.4%	#4
5	Grand Theft Auto V	46,993	93,726	+7.1%	#5
6	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	42,607	78,252	+11%	#6
7	ARK: Survival Evolved	39,054	67,018	+22%	#9
8	Garry's Mod	37,433	69,854	+16%	#8
9	Warframe	30,710	50,177	-7.7%	#7
10	Rust	27,647	50,628	+50%	#13
11	Clicker Heroes	23,600	34,433	-4.9%	#10
12	Arma 3	22,559	43,922	+20%	#12
13	Terraria	20,925	39,425	+7.1%	#11
14	Unturned	18,849	42,322	+9.2%	#15
15	Counter-Strike	16,643	29,670	+14%	#16
16	PAYDAY 2	15,848	32,383	+21%	#18
17	Call of Duty®: Black Ops III	14,292	30,760	-18%	#14
18	Euro Truck Simulator 2	13,443	33,173	+17%	#19
19	Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen	13,192	27,259	new	—
20	Left 4 Dead 2	12,405	25,363	+14%	#21
21	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	11,772	20,743	-17%	#17
22	War Thunder	11,193	22,378	-0.8%	#20
23	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	11,053	23,429	+23%	#24
24	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	10,244	20,006	+29%	#27
25	SMITE®	10,017	21,473	+29%	#30
26	Path of Exile	9,703	18,744	0%	#22
27	Europa Universalis IV	9,573	17,694	-1%	#23
28	Borderlands 2	8,845	17,772	+4.7%	#26
29	Counter-Strike: Source	8,542	16,142	+8%	#28
30	DayZ	8,329	16,423	+12%	#32
31	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	8,297	15,490	+6.1%	#29
32	Mount & Blade: Warband	7,828	15,428	+23%	#37
33	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	7,710	18,668	+46%	#41
34	Don't Starve Together	7,693	17,213	+49%	#43
35	7 Days to Die	7,172	14,620	+2.7%	#34
36	Trove	7,096	14,096	-7%	#31
37	METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN	6,946	15,691	+47%	#47
38	Age of Empires II (Retired)	6,708	14,793	+4.1%	#36
39	Cities: Skylines	6,573	13,946	+26%	#42
40	AdVenture Capitalist	6,381	13,187	-12%	#33
41	Hurtworld	5,306	9,986	-21%	#35
42	Knight Online	5,144	23,516	new	—
43	Company of Heroes 2	5,141	9,524	+5%	#46
44	Total War: ATTILA	5,127	10,097	-8.7%	#39
45	Dying Light	5,105	14,189	+20%	#50
46	DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin	5,018	9,747	+51%	#61
47	Undertale	4,974	10,263	+25%	#52
48	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	4,938	9,321	+19%	#51
49	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	4,909	9,167	+0.3%	#45
50	Just Cause™ 3	4,785	12,681	-45%	#25

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.