Steam in January 2017

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 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 January 2017

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	580,281	1,007,451	-2.3%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	393,110	814,616	+15%	#2
3	Grand Theft Auto V	63,179	116,125	+2.2%	#3
4	Team Fortress 2	52,436	77,405	+4.6%	#4
5	ARK: Survival Evolved	46,441	76,879	+29%	#5
6	Garry's Mod	34,615	68,016	+11%	#7
7	Rust	34,000	63,843	+17%	#9
8	Warframe	31,735	47,134	-5.8%	#6
9	Z1 Battle Royale	29,944	50,537	+42%	#15
10	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	29,698	54,215	+1.2%	#8
11	Arma 3	26,972	53,102	+21%	#12
12	Paladins®	23,447	41,509	+6.4%	#13
13	Fallout 4	22,810	41,471	+8.3%	#14
14	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	22,798	44,417	-6.8%	#10
15	Unturned	21,131	37,434	+4.3%	#16
16	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	20,707	34,616	+21%	#18
17	Terraria	19,425	34,214	+0.6%	#17
18	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	16,918	39,579	+136%	#40
19	Path of Exile	16,479	30,442	-31%	#11
20	Counter-Strike	16,081	29,300	+13%	#21
21	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	16,049	31,967	+35%	#27
22	Dead by Daylight	15,127	31,992	-11%	#19
23	Euro Truck Simulator 2	14,045	31,563	+11%	#24
24	7 Days to Die	12,834	22,977	+6.2%	#26
25	Clicker Heroes	12,338	15,878	-12%	#23
26	Left 4 Dead 2	12,267	25,699	+14%	#28
27	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	12,180	22,528	-20%	#20
28	Stardew Valley	11,799	24,014	+48%	#37
29	Resident Evil 7 Biohazard	11,574	18,211	new	—
30	Europa Universalis IV	11,514	20,721	+12%	#30
31	War Thunder	11,348	19,324	+6.5%	#29
32	Tom Clancy’s The Division™	10,599	23,801	-24%	#22
33	SMITE®	10,496	22,342	+9.1%	#33
34	Don't Starve Together	9,857	19,338	+9.6%	#34
35	PAYDAY 2	9,812	20,706	+1.6%	#32
36	Total War: WARHAMMER	9,589	18,821	-21%	#25
37	Borderlands 2	9,115	18,099	+25%	#39
38	DARK SOULS™ III	8,961	14,531	+52%	#47
39	Age of Empires II (Retired)	8,932	19,057	+21%	#38
40	Infestation: The New Z	8,581	13,915	+4.2%	#35
41	RimWorld	8,306	13,447	+62%	#53
42	XCOM® 2	8,302	20,240	+110%	#62
43	Mount & Blade: Warband	8,088	14,590	+15%	#41
44	The Forest	8,015	18,273	+55%	#52
45	The Elder Scrolls® Online	7,684	13,704	-20%	#31
46	Hearts of Iron IV	7,618	13,321	+14%	#42
47	Stellaris	6,894	12,773	+12%	#44
48	Cities: Skylines	6,804	14,153	-17%	#36
49	Elite Dangerous	6,718	13,304	+68%	#61
50	Counter-Strike: Source	6,696	12,471	+8.6%	#45

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.