Steam in May 2016

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	623,799	1,075,307	-5%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	338,738	668,612	-9.9%	#2
3	Team Fortress 2	49,804	77,972	-3.2%	#4
4	Total War: WARHAMMER	40,988	111,909	new	—
5	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	40,972	87,959	+20%	#6
6	ARK: Survival Evolved	39,182	78,089	+11%	#5
7	Fallout 4	29,526	74,283	+11%	#10
8	Garry's Mod	29,272	58,486	-4.9%	#8
9	DARK SOULS™ III	28,384	78,374	-62%	#3
10	Warframe	26,598	44,091	-2%	#9
11	Rust	25,498	47,100	-0.4%	#12
12	Grand Theft Auto V	25,230	48,053	-20%	#7
13	Tree of Savior (English Ver.)	24,027	53,277	+35%	#15
14	Arma 3	22,854	56,185	+13%	#13
15	Stellaris	20,800	68,517	+693,233%	—
16	Unturned	16,190	32,941	-4.5%	#16
17	Terraria	14,718	30,112	+5.5%	#18
18	Counter-Strike	13,070	22,998	-4.4%	#19
19	DOOM	13,036	31,623	new	—
20	Clicker Heroes	11,993	16,964	-14%	#17
21	War Thunder	10,336	17,740	-6.8%	#22
22	Tom Clancy’s The Division™	9,752	22,105	-63%	#11
23	Stardew Valley	9,654	20,528	-51%	#14
24	SMITE®	9,574	19,890	-16%	#20
25	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	9,451	49,246	+85%	#43
26	Knight Online	9,098	12,821	-14%	#24
27	Call of Duty®: Black Ops III	8,901	22,951	-4.4%	#26
28	Euro Truck Simulator 2	8,715	18,897	+13%	#30
29	Left 4 Dead 2	8,492	18,322	+4%	#29
30	Z1 Battle Royale	8,231	15,118	-6.2%	#28
31	Europa Universalis IV	7,408	16,926	-26%	#25
32	PAYDAY 2	7,087	14,320	-37%	#21
33	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	7,070	14,447	-7.5%	#31
34	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	6,971	13,493	-4.4%	#32
35	Counter-Strike: Source	6,264	11,363	-8.4%	#34
36	Don't Starve Together	6,235	15,046	+3.8%	#38
37	Factorio	6,166	13,006	-31%	#27
38	Mount & Blade: Warband	6,132	12,507	+0.2%	#37
39	FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster	6,109	13,247	new	—
40	DayZ	5,985	13,335	+13%	#42
41	Trove	5,812	11,561	+6.1%	#40
42	AdVenture Capitalist	5,760	16,239	-9.8%	#36
43	Path of Exile	5,701	11,266	-46%	#23
44	Borderlands 2	5,558	10,762	-14%	#35
45	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	5,356	8,242	-7.6%	#39
46	7 Days to Die	5,269	10,577	-26%	#33
47	Cities: Skylines	4,851	9,851	-11%	#41
48	Age of Empires II (Retired)	4,362	8,275	-4.8%	#48
49	Company of Heroes 2	4,354	8,933	-8.6%	#46
50	XCOM® 2	4,275	10,358	-5.4%	#50

Their best month ever

Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month; 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.