Steam in August 2018
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on July 2018.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
FOR HONOR™5,139 → 20,663 players on average+302% - 2
Insurgency2,332 → 7,036 players on average+202% - 3
Sniper Elite 41,290 → 3,488 players on average+170% - 4
Dead Cells1,736 → 4,438 players on average+156% - 5
ENDLESS Space™ 21,222 → 2,739 players on average+124% - 6
No Man's Sky14,554 → 28,083 players on average+93% - 7
DOOM1,634 → 2,825 players on average+73% - 8
Hunt: Showdown 18962,022 → 3,205 players on average+59% - 9
Realm of the Mad God Exalt1,380 → 1,997 players on average+45% - 10
Street Fighter V1,332 → 1,873 players on average+41%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
SCUMlaunched Aug 201818,734 - 2
Two Point Hospitallaunched Aug 20188,565 - 3
Graveyard Keeperlaunched Aug 20187,901 - 4
Overcooked! 2launched Aug 20181,718 - 5
Phantom Doctrinelaunched Aug 20181,344 - 6
Squad 44launched Aug 20181,232 - 7
Cadria Item Shoplaunched Aug 2018680 - 8
TerraTechlaunched Aug 2018667 - 9
Death's Gambit: Afterlifelaunched Aug 2018583 - 10
Coloring Pixelslaunched Aug 2018551
Top 50 of August 2018
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 619,320 | 1,260,894 | -10% | #1 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 476,101 | 829,281 | +7.8% | #2 |
| 3 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 283,531 | 454,370 | +3.7% | #3 |
| 4 |  Monster Hunter: World | 188,291 | 329,333 | new | — |
| 5 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 73,816 | 134,159 | +8.2% | #6 |
| 6 |  Warframe | 68,892 | 107,100 | -10% | #5 |
| 7 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 68,312 | 123,556 | -15% | #4 |
| 8 |  Team Fortress 2 | 43,632 | 57,772 | -5.5% | #7 |
| 9 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 32,497 | 50,789 | -28% | #8 |
| 10 |  Rust | 31,488 | 53,885 | -14% | #9 |
| 11 |  Garry's Mod | 31,232 | 48,101 | -9.1% | #10 |
| 12 | No Man's Sky | 28,083 | 83,156 | +93% | #25 |
| 13 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 23,297 | 36,625 | -7.7% | #11 |
| 14 | FOR HONOR™ | 20,663 | 216,499 | +302% | #63 |
| 15 |  Dead by Daylight | 19,526 | 36,374 | -12% | #15 |
| 16 |  Fallout 4 | 18,791 | 32,239 | -20% | #13 |
| 17 |  Terraria | 17,935 | 25,523 | -22% | #14 |
| 18 |  Paladins® | 16,910 | 27,655 | -5.3% | #18 |
| 19 |  Stardew Valley | 16,887 | 27,255 | +1.8% | #20 |
| 20 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 16,604 | 27,635 | -5.9% | #19 |
| 21 |  PAYDAY 2 | 16,015 | 23,537 | -33% | #12 |
| 22 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 15,699 | 30,993 | -3.4% | #21 |
| 23 |  Arma 3 | 15,123 | 27,029 | -18% | #17 |
| 24 |  Unturned | 14,581 | 19,884 | -0.6% | #24 |
| 25 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 14,578 | 29,547 | +7.4% | #27 |
| 26 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 13,707 | 22,242 | -8.9% | #23 |
| 27 |  Path of Exile | 13,004 | 75,364 | -35% | #16 |
| 28 |  War Thunder | 11,969 | 18,655 | +3.8% | #33 |
| 29 |  Europa Universalis IV | 11,240 | 19,749 | +0.4% | #34 |
| 30 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 11,005 | 19,106 | -8.6% | #30 |
| 31 |  Black Desert | 10,880 | 15,640 | -23% | #26 |
| 32 |  Counter-Strike | 10,441 | 17,093 | -6.1% | #35 |
| 33 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 10,238 | 19,278 | -32% | #22 |
| 34 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 10,132 | 17,443 | -24% | #28 |
| 35 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,155 | 15,285 | -27% | #29 |
| 36 |  Cities: Skylines | 9,054 | 16,715 | +4.4% | #41 |
| 37 | Graveyard Keeper | 7,901 | 16,973 | new | — |
| 38 |  SMITE® | 7,780 | 13,370 | -2.5% | #44 |
| 39 |  Stellaris | 7,744 | 13,215 | -19% | #37 |
| 40 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 7,694 | 13,023 | -11% | #43 |
| 41 |  Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 7,555 | 15,266 | +32% | #60 |
| 42 |  RimWorld | 7,449 | 11,169 | -4.5% | #46 |
| 43 |  Farming Simulator 17 | 7,253 | 16,444 | +5.8% | #52 |
| 44 |  Brawlhalla | 7,155 | 12,196 | -2.1% | #48 |
| 45 |  Mount & Blade: Warband | 7,094 | 12,426 | -11% | #45 |
| 46 | Insurgency | 7,036 | 121,264 | +202% | #113 |
| 47 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 6,998 | 14,693 | +1.7% | #51 |
| 48 |  Slay the Spire | 6,931 | 11,015 | -40% | #32 |
| 49 |  DARK SOULS™ III | 6,893 | 13,409 | -42% | #31 |
| 50 |  Conan Exiles Enhanced | 6,679 | 13,839 | -31% | #36 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Monster Hunter: World188,291 players on average · 98 months of history188,291
- Insurgency7,036 players on average · 168 months of history7,036
- Sniper Elite 43,488 players on average · 127 months of history3,488
- Phantom Doctrine1,344 players on average · 106 months of history1,344
This Is the Police 21,024 players on average · 99 months of history1,024
We Happy Few835 players on average · 126 months of history835- Death's Gambit: Afterlife583 players on average · 120 months of history583
The Walking Dead: The Final Season546 players on average · 98 months of history546
Shenmue I & II521 players on average · 98 months of history521
7 Billion Humans394 players on average · 98 months of history394
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.