Steam in March 2018
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on February 2018.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Path of Exile12,816 → 36,505 players on average+185% - 2
Tomb Raider Game of the Year1,227 → 2,483 players on average+102% - 3
Z1 Battle Royale7,163 → 13,673 players on average+91% - 4
Hunt: Showdown 18961,394 → 2,480 players on average+78% - 5
Rise of the Tomb Raider™1,616 → 2,640 players on average+63% - 6
Eco1,845 → 2,880 players on average+56% - 7
Just Cause™ 31,762 → 2,728 players on average+55% - 8
ASTRONEER1,182 → 1,806 players on average+53% - 9
Battlerite4,844 → 6,747 players on average+39% - 10
Hearts of Iron IV11,483 → 15,975 players on average+39%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
Warhammer: Vermintide 2launched Mar 201830,623 - 2
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITIONlaunched Mar 201810,129 - 3
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdomlaunched Mar 20185,985 - 4
PixARKlaunched Mar 20185,706 - 5
Prismatalaunched Mar 20183,273 - 6
Darwin Projectlaunched Mar 20182,466 - 7
METAL GEAR SURVIVElaunched Mar 20181,513 - 8
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Editionlaunched Mar 2018897 - 9
Pit People®launched Mar 2018569 - 10
Attack on Titan 2 - A.O.T.2launched Mar 2018545
Top 50 of March 2018
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 1,295,409 | 2,799,269 | -6.9% | #1 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 437,262 | 773,897 | -0.4% | #2 |
| 3 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 354,270 | 672,502 | -7.4% | #3 |
| 4 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 83,112 | 176,208 | +21% | #4 |
| 5 |  Warframe | 48,091 | 81,338 | -1.9% | #6 |
| 6 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 46,028 | 94,489 | -14% | #5 |
| 7 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 38,309 | 64,647 | -8.7% | #7 |
| 8 |  Team Fortress 2 | 36,782 | 57,366 | -2.5% | #8 |
| 9 | Path of Exile | 36,505 | 81,781 | +185% | #30 |
| 10 |  PAYDAY 2 | 31,803 | 58,940 | -3.7% | #11 |
| 11 | Warhammer: Vermintide 2 | 30,623 | 73,203 | +38,179% | — |
| 12 |  Rust | 29,075 | 57,873 | -13% | #9 |
| 13 |  Garry's Mod | 26,730 | 50,266 | -6.6% | #12 |
| 14 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 25,946 | 44,139 | -2.7% | #13 |
| 15 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 23,397 | 42,674 | -30% | #10 |
| 16 |  Terraria | 17,884 | 29,904 | -3.2% | #17 |
| 17 |  Fallout 4 | 17,148 | 30,503 | -21% | #15 |
| 18 |  Stellaris | 17,121 | 43,837 | +7.3% | #23 |
| 19 |  Arma 3 | 16,974 | 33,378 | -1.5% | #19 |
| 20 | Hearts of Iron IV | 15,975 | 37,055 | +39% | #32 |
| 21 |  Paladins® | 15,863 | 33,985 | -7.9% | #20 |
| 22 |  Black Desert | 14,972 | 20,136 | -6.8% | #22 |
| 23 |  Counter-Strike | 14,024 | 25,812 | -4.1% | #26 |
| 24 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 13,971 | 30,031 | -12% | #24 |
| 25 |  Slay the Spire | 13,903 | 25,018 | -28% | #16 |
| 26 | Z1 Battle Royale | 13,673 | 41,891 | +91% | #49 |
| 27 |  War Thunder | 13,432 | 27,595 | +21% | #33 |
| 28 |  Dead by Daylight | 13,256 | 23,707 | -21% | #21 |
| 29 |  Kingdom Come: Deliverance | 12,938 | 40,933 | -49% | #14 |
| 30 |  Unturned | 12,030 | 23,439 | -11% | #27 |
| 31 |  Europa Universalis IV | 11,803 | 27,765 | +8.3% | #34 |
| 32 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 11,525 | 24,060 | -27% | #25 |
| 33 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 10,416 | 18,158 | -21% | #28 |
| 34 |  DARK SOULS™ III | 10,409 | 18,911 | -20% | #29 |
| 35 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 10,202 | 17,857 | -1.3% | #35 |
| 36 | FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION | 10,129 | 29,279 | +67,427% | — |
| 37 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 9,980 | 24,641 | +11% | #42 |
| 38 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,593 | 18,384 | -20% | #31 |
| 39 |  SMITE® | 8,934 | 19,386 | -7.1% | #38 |
| 40 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 8,767 | 17,129 | -8.6% | #39 |
| 41 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 8,712 | 19,217 | +3.1% | #44 |
| 42 |  7 Days to Die | 8,230 | 14,139 | -11% | #40 |
| 43 |  Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links | 8,163 | 13,337 | -16% | #36 |
| 44 |  Stardew Valley | 8,054 | 12,668 | -11% | #41 |
| 45 |  Cities: Skylines | 7,887 | 14,708 | -18% | #37 |
| 46 |  Borderlands 2 | 7,877 | 15,599 | +13% | #50 |
| 47 |  Black Squad | 7,593 | 12,910 | -7.7% | #46 |
| 48 |  Factorio | 7,514 | 13,163 | -0.2% | #48 |
| 49 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 7,423 | 12,630 | -2.8% | #47 |
| 50 |  Subnautica | 7,391 | 16,615 | -57% | #18 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Warhammer: Vermintide 230,623 players on average · 109 months of history30,623
- FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION10,129 players on average · 110 months of history10,129
- Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom5,985 players on average · 103 months of history5,985
Into the Breach4,351 players on average · 116 months of history4,351
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet2,470 players on average · 105 months of history2,470- METAL GEAR SURVIVE1,513 players on average · 103 months of history1,513
The Darkness II921 players on average · 171 months of history921
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online629 players on average · 108 months of history629- Attack on Titan 2 - A.O.T.2545 players on average · 103 months of history545
SENRAN KAGURA Peach Beach Splash304 players on average · 104 months of history304
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.