Steam in January 2018

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 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 January 2018

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	1,584,887	3,236,027	+10%	#1
2	Dota 2	486,862	778,627	-5.1%	#2
3	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	382,031	715,850	+12%	#3
4	Grand Theft Auto V	77,567	167,754	-0.6%	#4
5	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	63,475	109,103	+6.8%	#5
6	Team Fortress 2	53,432	72,845	+3.1%	#6
7	ARK: Survival Evolved	49,018	86,640	+5.5%	#8
8	Warframe	45,178	69,002	-12%	#7
9	Rust	34,669	67,410	+5.1%	#10
10	PAYDAY 2	32,811	55,630	-11%	#9
11	Garry's Mod	31,755	60,078	+11%	#12
12	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	28,370	50,503	-0.3%	#13
13	Path of Exile	26,182	51,656	-15%	#11
14	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	24,495	42,773	+22%	#15
15	Fallout 4	20,849	37,190	+4.2%	#16
16	Terraria	20,688	34,396	+5.6%	#17
17	Paladins®	20,477	38,563	+14%	#20
18	Euro Truck Simulator 2	19,978	42,693	-6.3%	#14
19	DRAGON BALL FighterZ	18,713	44,234	new	—
20	Arma 3	18,555	37,049	-3.6%	#18
21	Unturned	16,357	30,976	-2.9%	#21
22	Black Desert	15,560	26,187	+29%	#27
23	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	15,515	29,721	+20%	#24
24	Counter-Strike	15,120	27,589	+10%	#22
25	Total War: WARHAMMER II	15,057	44,312	+39%	#34
26	Dead by Daylight	14,626	33,164	+7.5%	#23
27	DARK SOULS™ III	13,746	23,569	+56%	#43
28	Left 4 Dead 2	13,617	28,171	+7%	#26
29	Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition	12,417	25,690	+19%	#36
30	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	12,217	21,459	+10%	#33
31	Z1 Battle Royale	12,147	23,231	-36%	#19
32	Stardew Valley	11,707	20,139	+19%	#38
33	Hearts of Iron IV	11,670	20,923	+4.4%	#32
34	War Thunder	11,615	19,041	-2.2%	#28
35	Europa Universalis IV	11,326	20,233	-3.8%	#29
36	Stellaris	11,294	19,663	+18%	#40
37	7 Days to Die	11,075	19,408	+3.7%	#35
38	Tom Clancy’s The Division™	11,063	21,742	-14%	#25
39	They Are Billions	10,639	22,295	+108%	#62
40	Subnautica	10,573	50,876	+274%	#93
41	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links	10,533	15,903	+11%	#41
42	The Elder Scrolls® Online	10,271	17,705	-12%	#30
43	Age of Empires II (Retired)	10,205	19,920	+4.1%	#39
44	Slay the Spire	9,673	19,513	+682%	#172
45	VRChat	9,223	20,212	+429%	#132
46	Don't Starve Together	9,086	19,403	+2.9%	#42
47	SMITE®	8,859	17,190	+13%	#47
48	Factorio	8,472	15,155	+11%	#49
49	Cities: Skylines	8,309	14,847	-1.3%	#44
50	World of Tanks Blitz	8,200	18,190	+13%	#52

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.