Steam in December 2016

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	593,921	1,014,671	+1.7%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	342,196	662,460	+4%	#2
3	Grand Theft Auto V	61,844	126,681	+44%	#4
4	Team Fortress 2	50,141	71,438	+6.9%	#3
5	ARK: Survival Evolved	36,023	67,651	+15%	#6
6	Warframe	33,678	56,812	+13%	#8
7	Garry's Mod	31,132	60,887	+16%	#11
8	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	29,357	48,348	-3.2%	#7
9	Rust	28,975	49,147	+27%	#12
10	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	24,449	41,959	-39%	#5
11	Path of Exile	23,766	46,807	+178%	#32
12	Arma 3	22,326	47,649	+12%	#14
13	Paladins®	22,030	38,993	-22%	#9
14	Fallout 4	21,059	37,794	+6.9%	#15
15	Z1 Battle Royale	21,057	40,645	+30%	#17
16	Unturned	20,267	37,381	-1.4%	#13
17	Terraria	19,315	32,543	+13%	#16
18	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	17,177	30,859	+12%	#18
19	Dead by Daylight	17,040	42,895	+14%	#19
20	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	15,166	30,528	-46%	#10
21	Counter-Strike	14,216	26,909	+5.7%	#20
22	Tom Clancy’s The Division™	14,028	38,689	+108%	#38
23	Clicker Heroes	14,016	19,200	+7.8%	#21
24	Euro Truck Simulator 2	12,651	30,580	+31%	#28
25	Total War: WARHAMMER	12,174	30,310	+76%	#36
26	7 Days to Die	12,087	20,330	+0.7%	#22
27	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	11,897	24,570	+31%	#30
28	Left 4 Dead 2	10,800	25,743	+12%	#29
29	War Thunder	10,651	20,797	+7.3%	#25
30	Europa Universalis IV	10,255	18,431	+4.2%	#26
31	The Elder Scrolls® Online	9,664	20,167	+6.9%	#31
32	PAYDAY 2	9,658	20,295	-9.1%	#23
33	SMITE®	9,622	19,285	-0.4%	#27
34	Don't Starve Together	8,993	19,697	+5.4%	#33
35	Infestation: The New Z	8,237	13,846	+47%	#45
36	Cities: Skylines	8,217	16,837	+42%	#42
37	Stardew Valley	7,976	18,787	+16%	#37
38	Age of Empires II (Retired)	7,411	17,624	+34%	#47
39	Borderlands 2	7,310	16,062	+31%	#46
40	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	7,176	14,985	+20%	#40
41	Mount & Blade: Warband	7,034	13,558	+23%	#43
42	Hearts of Iron IV	6,675	13,690	+34%	#50
43	Farming Simulator 17	6,515	14,900	-36%	#24
44	Stellaris	6,170	11,261	+0.5%	#39
45	Counter-Strike: Source	6,164	11,500	+5.1%	#41
46	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	5,979	11,204	+5.2%	#44
47	DARK SOULS™ III	5,879	12,057	-19%	#35
48	Watch_Dogs® 2	5,773	16,644	new	—
49	DayZ	5,454	14,238	+14%	#52
50	Brawlhalla	5,412	10,642	+10%	#51

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.