Steam in February 2016

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

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 February 2016

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	709,178	1,248,394	+16%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	376,285	738,969	+3%	#2
3	Team Fortress 2	52,865	83,544	+0.2%	#4
4	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	42,424	74,716	-0.4%	#6
5	XCOM® 2	42,239	132,677	new	—
6	Grand Theft Auto V	40,013	72,735	-15%	#5
7	ARK: Survival Evolved	37,748	65,577	-3.3%	#7
8	Garry's Mod	34,290	64,930	-8.4%	#8
9	Fallout 4	32,733	61,739	-40%	#3
10	Rust	32,395	61,260	+17%	#10
11	Warframe	31,909	49,683	+3.9%	#9
12	Arma 3	22,625	48,734	+0.3%	#12
13	Unturned	20,994	40,166	+11%	#14
14	Clicker Heroes	20,101	28,811	-15%	#11
15	Knight Online	17,776	24,542	+246%	#42
16	Counter-Strike	16,397	29,617	-1.5%	#15
17	Terraria	15,533	26,573	-26%	#13
18	Z1 Battle Royale	14,040	20,916	new	—
19	Call of Duty®: Black Ops III	13,505	36,698	-5.5%	#17
20	Left 4 Dead 2	11,771	25,228	-5.1%	#20
21	PAYDAY 2	11,371	25,887	-28%	#16
22	War Thunder	10,393	17,810	-7.1%	#22
23	Rise of the Tomb Raider™	10,274	27,945	new	—
24	SMITE®	10,076	18,977	+0.6%	#25
25	Euro Truck Simulator 2	9,682	21,205	-28%	#18
26	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	9,548	22,358	+24%	#33
27	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	9,279	15,221	-21%	#21
28	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	9,263	16,044	-9.6%	#24
29	Europa Universalis IV	9,180	17,301	-4.1%	#27
30	Borderlands 2	8,749	16,127	-1.1%	#28
31	Cities: Skylines	8,513	27,598	+30%	#39
32	Counter-Strike: Source	8,416	15,627	-1.5%	#29
33	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	8,219	15,189	-0.9%	#31
34	Dying Light	8,042	23,073	+58%	#45
35	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	7,739	14,799	-30%	#23
36	American Truck Simulator	7,299	19,138	+182,375%	—
37	DayZ	7,260	13,983	-13%	#30
38	Mount & Blade: Warband	6,644	13,140	-15%	#32
39	Trove	6,626	11,857	-6.6%	#36
40	Don't Starve Together	6,572	14,376	-15%	#34
41	AdVenture Capitalist	6,316	14,544	-1%	#40
42	Path of Exile	5,954	10,241	-39%	#26
43	Age of Empires II (Retired)	5,940	11,342	-11%	#38
44	Total War: ATTILA	5,901	12,142	+15%	#44
45	Street Fighter V	5,896	13,807	new	—
46	Company of Heroes 2	5,621	10,814	+9.3%	#43
47	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	5,067	9,568	+2.6%	#48
48	7 Days to Die	4,994	8,460	-30%	#35
49	DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin	4,664	8,325	-7.1%	#46
50	Undertale	4,638	8,996	-6.8%	#47

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.