Steam in April 2016
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on March 2016.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Tree of Savior (English Ver.)1,903 → 17,752 players on average+833% - 2
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition1,191 → 2,262 players on average+90% - 3
7 Days to Die4,358 → 7,154 players on average+64% - 4
Killing Floor 21,382 → 2,235 players on average+62% - 5
Dungeon Defenders II1,072 → 1,544 players on average+44% - 6
Space Engineers3,293 → 4,391 players on average+33% - 7
Mad Max1,058 → 1,365 players on average+29% - 8
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege6,125 → 7,644 players on average+25% - 9
Kerbal Space Program3,310 → 4,110 players on average+24% - 10
Men of War: Assault Squad 21,191 → 1,427 players on average+20%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
DARK SOULS™ IIIlaunched Apr 201674,267 - 2
Don't Starve Togetherlaunched Apr 20166,235 - 3
Enter the Gungeonlaunched Apr 20164,619 - 4
FINAL FANTASY IXlaunched Apr 20163,530 - 5
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)launched Apr 20161,802 - 6
SpeedRunnerslaunched Apr 2016677 - 7
Offworld Trading Companylaunched Apr 2016419 - 8
侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)launched Apr 2016352 - 9
The Banner Saga 2launched Apr 2016336 - 10
Tower Unitelaunched Apr 2016199
Top 50 of April 2016
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 656,944 | 1,164,041 | -2.3% | #1 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 375,796 | 850,485 | -1% | #2 |
| 3 | DARK SOULS™ III | 74,267 | 129,831 | new | — |
| 4 |  Team Fortress 2 | 51,435 | 81,206 | -2.5% | #4 |
| 5 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 35,386 | 63,900 | -0.8% | #6 |
| 6 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 34,055 | 59,108 | -8% | #5 |
| 7 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 31,671 | 65,878 | -6.9% | #8 |
| 8 |  Garry's Mod | 30,770 | 59,069 | -0.6% | #10 |
| 9 |  Warframe | 27,146 | 47,242 | -20% | #9 |
| 10 |  Fallout 4 | 26,562 | 52,480 | -6.9% | #11 |
| 11 |  Tom Clancy’s The Division™ | 26,394 | 54,455 | -59% | #3 |
| 12 |  Rust | 25,606 | 49,920 | -6.1% | #12 |
| 13 |  Arma 3 | 20,292 | 41,127 | -6.6% | #13 |
| 14 |  Stardew Valley | 19,843 | 43,286 | -43% | #7 |
| 15 | Tree of Savior (English Ver.) | 17,752 | 33,437 | +833% | #81 |
| 16 |  Unturned | 16,950 | 34,174 | -13% | #14 |
| 17 |  Clicker Heroes | 13,987 | 20,124 | -17% | #15 |
| 18 |  Terraria | 13,951 | 25,034 | -4% | #18 |
| 19 |  Counter-Strike | 13,668 | 24,994 | -11% | #17 |
| 20 |  SMITE® | 11,335 | 22,526 | +3% | #24 |
| 21 |  PAYDAY 2 | 11,197 | 31,146 | -3.9% | #21 |
| 22 |  War Thunder | 11,093 | 20,631 | -4.4% | #22 |
| 23 |  Path of Exile | 10,619 | 22,159 | -37% | #16 |
| 24 |  Knight Online | 10,536 | 14,091 | -25% | #19 |
| 25 |  Europa Universalis IV | 10,045 | 21,150 | +14% | #28 |
| 26 |  Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | 9,312 | 21,544 | -22% | #20 |
| 27 |  Factorio | 8,875 | 15,801 | -1.4% | #27 |
| 28 |  Z1 Battle Royale | 8,774 | 14,312 | -22% | #23 |
| 29 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 8,163 | 16,524 | -15% | #26 |
| 30 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 7,682 | 17,611 | -6.7% | #29 |
| 31 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 7,644 | 29,170 | +25% | #38 |
| 32 |  Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 7,290 | 13,567 | -8.8% | #31 |
| 33 | 7 Days to Die | 7,154 | 14,539 | +64% | #50 |
| 34 |  Counter-Strike: Source | 6,839 | 12,774 | -11% | #32 |
| 35 |  Borderlands 2 | 6,456 | 12,387 | -20% | #30 |
| 36 |  AdVenture Capitalist | 6,389 | 13,869 | +19% | #42 |
| 37 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 6,122 | 12,461 | -5.1% | #36 |
| 38 | Don't Starve Together | 6,005 | 17,666 | +16% | #44 |
| 39 |  The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 5,797 | 10,487 | -22% | #34 |
| 40 |  Trove | 5,478 | 11,375 | -3.8% | #41 |
| 41 |  Cities: Skylines | 5,438 | 10,582 | -18% | #35 |
| 42 |  DayZ | 5,287 | 10,944 | -12% | #39 |
| 43 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 5,105 | 10,318 | -12% | #40 |
| 44 |  Total War: ATTILA | 5,049 | 9,992 | -19% | #37 |
| 45 |  Grim Dawn | 4,840 | 10,361 | -36% | #33 |
| 46 |  Company of Heroes 2 | 4,766 | 11,471 | -6.8% | #45 |
| 47 | Enter the Gungeon | 4,619 | 13,574 | +153,867% | — |
| 48 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 4,581 | 8,678 | -9% | #46 |
| 49 |  Brawlhalla | 4,578 | 12,781 | +8.3% | #51 |
| 50 |  XCOM® 2 | 4,519 | 10,256 | -56% | #25 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- DARK SOULS™ III74,267 players on average · 126 months of history74,267
- FINAL FANTASY IX3,530 players on average · 126 months of history3,530
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)1,802 players on average · 133 months of history1,802
Hyper Light Drifter1,057 players on average · 127 months of history1,057
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition727 players on average · 131 months of history727- The Banner Saga 2336 players on average · 135 months of history336
Prototype™179 players on average · 171 months of history179
MotoGP™1574 players on average · 137 months of history74
Samorost 354 players on average · 128 months of history54
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.