Steam in April 2017

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

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 April 2017

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Dota 2	540,278	921,318	-1.5%	#1
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	392,199	709,841	+1.4%	#2
3	PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	69,795	140,104	+298%	#17
4	Z1 Battle Royale	69,158	137,985	+10%	#3
5	Team Fortress 2	51,734	72,616	+4.5%	#4
6	Grand Theft Auto V	49,108	96,503	+1%	#5
7	ARK: Survival Evolved	42,206	73,857	+2.8%	#6
8	Garry's Mod	30,715	59,032	+7.8%	#9
9	Warframe	30,576	50,822	-0.5%	#8
10	Rust	28,589	53,621	-12%	#7
11	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	25,670	41,840	-2%	#11
12	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	24,976	47,040	-4.2%	#12
13	Paladins®	24,375	43,444	-1.7%	#13
14	Arma 3	23,377	49,352	+4.9%	#14
15	DARK SOULS™ III	18,374	34,974	+96%	#34
16	Unturned	18,285	32,278	+0.9%	#16
17	Path of Exile	17,342	34,829	-39%	#10
18	Stellaris	17,060	43,549	+238%	#57
19	Terraria	16,998	31,152	+14%	#20
20	Fallout 4	16,847	29,010	-0.3%	#19
21	Fallout Shelter	16,784	42,390	new	—
22	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	16,458	29,569	-5.9%	#18
23	PAYDAY 2	16,206	52,906	+126%	#42
24	Counter-Strike	13,058	22,842	-8.8%	#21
25	Europa Universalis IV	12,101	24,830	+25%	#30
26	The Elder Scrolls® Online	11,266	29,979	+52%	#39
27	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	11,173	22,658	+8.3%	#28
28	Euro Truck Simulator 2	10,963	24,512	+14%	#32
29	War Thunder	10,830	22,217	-1.5%	#25
30	Total War: WARHAMMER	10,097	20,548	-28%	#22
31	Clicker Heroes	10,014	12,969	-4.8%	#26
32	SMITE®	9,858	20,522	-3.5%	#29
33	7 Days to Die	8,711	14,524	-27%	#23
34	Left 4 Dead 2	8,462	16,743	-18%	#27
35	Dead by Daylight	8,416	17,124	-12%	#33
36	Hearts of Iron IV	8,189	14,022	+14%	#41
37	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	7,669	15,364	-8.4%	#36
38	Stardew Valley	7,654	11,538	-21%	#31
39	Don't Starve Together	7,119	14,621	+13%	#46
40	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	6,853	10,848	-15%	#38
41	Borderlands 2	6,848	12,665	-15%	#37
42	Cities: Skylines	6,722	12,655	+15%	#48
43	Age of Empires II (Retired)	6,685	11,572	-3.9%	#44
44	Factorio	6,584	20,133	+22%	#52
45	Mount & Blade: Warband	6,539	12,440	-9.2%	#40
46	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands	6,479	15,089	-66%	#15
47	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	6,071	10,062	-9.7%	#45
48	Brawlhalla	5,802	12,215	+3.3%	#50
49	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	5,399	9,453	+1.4%	#53
50	RimWorld	5,343	8,261	-4.5%	#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.