Steam in March 2017
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on February 2017.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™1,311 → 3,663 players on average+179% - 2
Path of Exile10,794 → 28,219 players on average+161% - 3
Mad Max1,128 → 1,560 players on average+38% - 4
DARK SOULS™ III6,975 → 9,365 players on average+34% - 5
Crusader Kings II3,902 → 5,212 players on average+34% - 6
Killing Floor 22,623 → 3,396 players on average+29% - 7
Grim Dawn3,055 → 3,822 players on average+25% - 8
7 Days to Die9,622 → 11,897 players on average+24% - 9
Borderlands 26,615 → 8,040 players on average+22% - 10
Total War: WARHAMMER11,609 → 13,952 players on average+20%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSlaunched Mar 2017107,442 - 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlandslaunched Mar 201719,252 - 3
NieR:Automata™launched Mar 201711,878 - 4
Battle Brotherslaunched Mar 20171,571 - 5
LEGO® Worldslaunched Mar 20171,146 - 6
X-Plane 11launched Mar 2017301 - 7
Rivals of Aetherlaunched Mar 2017189 - 8
Clone Drone in the Danger Zonelaunched Mar 2017166 - 9
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)launched Mar 2017114
Top 50 of March 2017
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 548,435 | 956,232 | -7.3% | #1 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 386,909 | 742,356 | -3.8% | #2 |
| 3 |  Team Fortress 2 | 49,483 | 74,656 | -4.4% | #5 |
| 4 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 48,617 | 98,798 | -8.7% | #3 |
| 5 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 41,053 | 75,022 | -23% | #4 |
| 6 |  Rust | 32,439 | 66,194 | -11% | #6 |
| 7 |  Warframe | 30,724 | 69,526 | +8.2% | #9 |
| 8 |  Garry's Mod | 28,482 | 57,946 | -11% | #7 |
| 9 | Path of Exile | 28,219 | 65,200 | +161% | #28 |
| 10 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 26,198 | 48,783 | -1.9% | #11 |
| 11 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 26,080 | 47,994 | -15% | #8 |
| 12 |  Paladins® | 24,806 | 50,413 | +0.1% | #12 |
| 13 |  Arma 3 | 22,288 | 46,509 | -5.3% | #13 |
| 14 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands | 19,252 | 45,663 | new | — |
| 15 |  Unturned | 18,118 | 36,179 | -18% | #14 |
| 16 | PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 17,551 | 67,846 | new | — |
| 17 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 17,493 | 31,826 | -5.7% | #17 |
| 18 |  Fallout 4 | 16,899 | 31,843 | -14% | #16 |
| 19 |  Terraria | 14,952 | 26,626 | -8.8% | #18 |
| 20 |  Counter-Strike | 14,311 | 26,577 | -8.4% | #19 |
| 21 | Total War: WARHAMMER | 13,952 | 31,117 | +20% | #21 |
| 22 | 7 Days to Die | 11,897 | 24,739 | +24% | #33 |
| 23 | NieR:Automata™ | 11,878 | 23,813 | new | — |
| 24 |  War Thunder | 10,994 | 21,344 | +1.5% | #27 |
| 25 |  Clicker Heroes | 10,518 | 13,499 | -5.7% | #24 |
| 26 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 10,321 | 27,825 | +8.2% | #35 |
| 27 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 10,313 | 19,812 | -21% | #20 |
| 28 |  SMITE® | 10,214 | 21,664 | -7.1% | #26 |
| 29 |  Europa Universalis IV | 9,699 | 18,546 | -9.7% | #30 |
| 30 |  Stardew Valley | 9,693 | 17,295 | -2% | #32 |
| 31 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 9,641 | 21,277 | -13% | #25 |
| 32 |  Dead by Daylight | 9,554 | 20,082 | -16% | #23 |
| 33 | DARK SOULS™ III | 9,365 | 41,728 | +34% | #41 |
| 34 |  FOR HONOR™ | 8,718 | 20,449 | -69% | #10 |
| 35 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 8,372 | 16,316 | -16% | #31 |
| 36 | Borderlands 2 | 8,040 | 19,286 | +22% | #44 |
| 37 |  The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 8,033 | 13,053 | -30% | #22 |
| 38 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 7,430 | 13,220 | -22% | #34 |
| 39 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 7,203 | 16,073 | +3% | #40 |
| 40 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 7,175 | 14,404 | +5.2% | #42 |
| 41 |  PAYDAY 2 | 7,165 | 13,400 | -34% | #29 |
| 42 |  Conan Exiles Enhanced | 6,980 | 15,967 | -68% | #15 |
| 43 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 6,957 | 13,745 | -11% | #36 |
| 44 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 6,723 | 11,780 | -5.4% | #39 |
| 45 |  Don't Starve Together | 6,297 | 13,289 | -16% | #38 |
| 46 |  Tom Clancy’s The Division™ | 6,044 | 13,552 | +19% | #55 |
| 47 |  Cities: Skylines | 5,863 | 11,277 | -11% | #43 |
| 48 |  Counter-Strike: Source | 5,661 | 10,926 | -9.9% | #48 |
| 49 |  Brawlhalla | 5,617 | 11,253 | -5.5% | #51 |
| 50 |  RimWorld | 5,594 | 9,027 | -12% | #47 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands19,252 players on average · 115 months of history19,252
- NieR:Automata™11,878 players on average · 115 months of history11,878
Homefront®: The Revolution619 players on average · 134 months of history619
Dead Rising 4573 players on average · 115 months of history573
Night in the Woods535 players on average · 117 months of history535
ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3430 players on average · 118 months of history430
Tanki Online137 players on average · 115 months of history137
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.