Steam in July 2018
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on June 2018.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
No Man's Sky1,035 → 14,554 players on average+1,306% - 2
Enter the Gungeon1,120 → 4,826 players on average+331% - 3
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™2,208 → 4,473 players on average+103% - 4
Kingdom Come: Deliverance2,450 → 4,455 players on average+82% - 5
Hollow Knight1,565 → 2,709 players on average+73% - 6
Space Engineers2,504 → 4,274 players on average+71% - 7
Grand Theft Auto V48,927 → 80,395 players on average+64% - 8
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION2,167 → 3,440 players on average+59% - 9
SCP: Secret Laboratory1,306 → 1,929 players on average+48% - 10
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands3,233 → 4,618 players on average+43%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
Ultimate Custom Nightlaunched Jul 20182,653 - 2
The Crew™ 2launched Jul 20181,832 - 3
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of Warlaunched Jul 20181,250 - 4
This Is the Police 2launched Jul 20181,024 - 5
Mega Man X Legacy Collectionlaunched Jul 2018564 - 6
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-teredlaunched Jul 2018500 - 7
Dungeon Warfare 2launched Jul 2018278
Top 50 of July 2018
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 688,620 | 1,350,463 | -14% | #1 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 441,714 | 701,582 | -6.8% | #2 |
| 3 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 273,307 | 426,008 | +2.4% | #3 |
| 4 | Grand Theft Auto V | 80,395 | 162,021 | +64% | #6 |
| 5 |  Warframe | 76,595 | 118,191 | +35% | #5 |
| 6 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 68,241 | 116,054 | +2.8% | #4 |
| 7 |  Team Fortress 2 | 46,149 | 59,658 | +4.4% | #7 |
| 8 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 45,060 | 70,823 | +7.8% | #9 |
| 9 |  Rust | 36,659 | 65,952 | +21% | #10 |
| 10 |  Garry's Mod | 34,370 | 52,636 | +14% | #11 |
| 11 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 25,231 | 38,489 | +6.9% | #14 |
| 12 |  PAYDAY 2 | 23,876 | 38,734 | -7.7% | #12 |
| 13 |  Fallout 4 | 23,470 | 43,476 | -8% | #13 |
| 14 |  Terraria | 23,080 | 31,403 | +15% | #16 |
| 15 |  Dead by Daylight | 22,149 | 46,865 | +14% | #17 |
| 16 |  Path of Exile | 19,986 | 42,784 | -52% | #8 |
| 17 |  Arma 3 | 18,385 | 31,989 | +11% | #21 |
| 18 |  Paladins® | 17,847 | 33,794 | -2.8% | #18 |
| 19 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 17,653 | 28,117 | +7% | #22 |
| 20 |  Stardew Valley | 16,584 | 24,692 | -4.5% | #19 |
| 21 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 16,256 | 30,214 | +4.4% | #23 |
| 22 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 15,119 | 28,266 | +10% | #28 |
| 23 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 15,049 | 23,800 | +8.7% | #27 |
| 24 |  Unturned | 14,666 | 20,387 | +5.4% | #26 |
| 25 | No Man's Sky | 14,554 | 96,954 | +1,306% | #185 |
| 26 |  Black Desert | 14,164 | 18,427 | -4.9% | #25 |
| 27 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 13,578 | 23,384 | -12% | #24 |
| 28 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 13,304 | 22,611 | -22% | #20 |
| 29 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 12,533 | 25,777 | +24% | #37 |
| 30 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 12,047 | 19,319 | +5.1% | #31 |
| 31 |  DARK SOULS™ III | 11,977 | 20,843 | +29% | #41 |
| 32 |  Slay the Spire | 11,627 | 21,643 | +8.3% | #36 |
| 33 |  War Thunder | 11,528 | 17,640 | -6.8% | #30 |
| 34 |  Europa Universalis IV | 11,197 | 18,846 | 0% | #32 |
| 35 |  Counter-Strike | 11,125 | 18,703 | +1.6% | #34 |
| 36 |  Conan Exiles Enhanced | 9,750 | 18,273 | -25% | #29 |
| 37 |  Stellaris | 9,590 | 16,446 | -14% | #33 |
| 38 |  Tom Clancy’s The Division™ | 8,907 | 21,497 | -5% | #39 |
| 39 |  Borderlands 2 | 8,851 | 14,474 | -6.1% | #38 |
| 40 |  Don't Starve Together | 8,837 | 17,748 | -18% | #35 |
| 41 |  Cities: Skylines | 8,676 | 14,223 | -4.4% | #43 |
| 42 |  Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | 8,674 | 15,874 | +22% | #50 |
| 43 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 8,606 | 14,426 | +13% | #45 |
| 44 |  SMITE® | 7,976 | 14,800 | +5.9% | #46 |
| 45 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 7,927 | 11,759 | +16% | #55 |
| 46 |  RimWorld | 7,803 | 12,450 | +20% | #57 |
| 47 |  The Forest | 7,683 | 17,613 | -18% | #40 |
| 48 |  Brawlhalla | 7,306 | 13,066 | +2.7% | #51 |
| 49 |  7 Days to Die | 7,098 | 11,791 | +7.2% | #56 |
| 50 |  Factorio | 6,985 | 11,601 | -4.8% | #49 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
Hacknet2,626 players on average · 135 months of history2,626- Mega Man X Legacy Collection564 players on average · 99 months of history564
- Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered500 players on average · 99 months of history500
Football, Tactics & Glory354 players on average · 136 months of history354
Puyo Puyo™Tetris®341 players on average · 104 months of history341- Dungeon Warfare 2278 players on average · 99 months of history278
Angels of Death90 players on average · 118 months of history90
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.