Steam in December 2018
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on November 2018.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Path of Exile14,546 → 51,322 players on average+253% - 2
Company of Heroes 23,635 → 11,902 players on average+227% - 3
Kenshi1,125 → 3,667 players on average+226% - 4
Stellaris8,242 → 20,411 players on average+148% - 5
BATTLETECH1,449 → 3,105 players on average+114% - 6
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands2,114 → 4,495 players on average+113% - 7
Tom Clancy’s The Division™2,300 → 4,703 players on average+104% - 8
Human Fall Flat1,496 → 2,850 players on average+91% - 9
Jurassic World Evolution1,652 → 3,086 players on average+87% - 10
Elite Dangerous3,474 → 6,343 players on average+83%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
ATLASlaunched Dec 201839,316 - 2
Artifactlaunched Dec 201811,169 - 3Kenshilaunched Dec 20185,114
- 4
Insurgency: Sandstormlaunched Dec 20184,978 - 5
古剑奇谭三(Gujian3)launched Dec 20182,409 - 6
Just Cause 4 Reloadedlaunched Dec 20182,115 - 7
Kingdom Two Crownslaunched Dec 20181,522 - 8
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie gamelaunched Dec 20181,230 - 9
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Endslaunched Dec 2018865 - 10
Beasts of Bermudalaunched Dec 2018604
Top 50 of December 2018
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 473,541 | 1,109,766 | +13% | #2 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 439,368 | 765,422 | -4.7% | #1 |
| 3 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 395,509 | 746,548 | +28% | #3 |
| 4 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 70,865 | 129,558 | +22% | #5 |
| 5 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 55,641 | 120,693 | +29% | #8 |
| 6 |  Warframe | 53,728 | 89,029 | -13% | #4 |
| 7 | Path of Exile | 51,322 | 123,462 | +253% | #21 |
| 8 |  Team Fortress 2 | 50,592 | 116,141 | -4.7% | #6 |
| 9 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 42,992 | 76,351 | -17% | #7 |
| 10 |  Rust | 42,622 | 70,775 | +13% | #9 |
| 11 | ATLAS | 39,316 | 58,788 | new | — |
| 12 |  Monster Hunter: World | 37,971 | 93,833 | +11% | #10 |
| 13 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 26,757 | 47,729 | +31% | #14 |
| 14 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 25,999 | 40,420 | +4.7% | #11 |
| 15 |  Garry's Mod | 25,707 | 48,799 | +5.1% | #12 |
| 16 | Stellaris | 20,411 | 50,061 | +148% | #42 |
| 17 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 20,118 | 47,581 | +29% | #19 |
| 18 |  Dead by Daylight | 19,723 | 38,560 | +6.5% | #17 |
| 19 |  Unturned | 18,163 | 36,913 | +28% | #23 |
| 20 |  Terraria | 17,776 | 31,424 | +14% | #18 |
| 21 |  Fallout 4 | 16,971 | 31,485 | -10% | #15 |
| 22 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 15,921 | 27,601 | -15% | #16 |
| 23 |  Paladins® | 14,880 | 30,059 | -3.1% | #20 |
| 24 |  Farming Simulator 19 | 14,786 | 39,005 | -37% | #13 |
| 25 |  PAYDAY 2 | 13,910 | 22,339 | -4.2% | #22 |
| 26 |  7 Days to Die | 13,770 | 28,105 | +36% | #36 |
| 27 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 13,635 | 24,176 | +5.5% | #26 |
| 28 |  Arma 3 | 13,554 | 26,948 | +8% | #27 |
| 29 |  Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | 13,521 | 32,071 | +12% | #29 |
| 30 |  War Thunder | 13,328 | 23,243 | +8.8% | #28 |
| 31 |  Europa Universalis IV | 12,533 | 23,012 | +11% | #32 |
| 32 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 12,030 | 23,943 | -10% | #24 |
| 33 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 12,021 | 19,823 | +10% | #33 |
| 34 | Company of Heroes 2 | 11,902 | 161,908 | +227% | #74 |
| 35 |  Counter-Strike | 11,584 | 21,858 | +12% | #35 |
| 36 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 11,458 | 19,864 | +14% | #37 |
| 37 | Artifact | 11,169 | 46,456 | new | — |
| 38 |  Stardew Valley | 11,160 | 22,842 | +17% | #39 |
| 39 |  Cities: Skylines | 10,818 | 19,160 | -9% | #31 |
| 40 |  Black Desert | 10,754 | 15,621 | +0.6% | #34 |
| 41 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 10,491 | 22,492 | +23% | #40 |
| 42 |  Killing Floor 2 | 10,150 | 31,438 | +23% | #43 |
| 43 |  RimWorld | 10,097 | 15,760 | -24% | #25 |
| 44 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,913 | 20,702 | +1.9% | #38 |
| 45 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 9,825 | 25,340 | +16% | #41 |
| 46 |  Don't Starve Together | 9,304 | 19,502 | -22% | #30 |
| 47 |  Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | 8,426 | 18,421 | +3.5% | #45 |
| 48 |  DARK SOULS™ III | 8,414 | 16,580 | +4.7% | #46 |
| 49 |  Brawlhalla | 8,346 | 16,452 | +2.5% | #44 |
| 50 |  Slay the Spire | 8,278 | 12,365 | +4.5% | #48 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- ATLAS39,316 players on average · 94 months of history39,316
- Company of Heroes 211,902 players on average · 160 months of history11,902
- Artifact11,169 players on average · 94 months of history11,169
X4: Foundations6,247 players on average · 101 months of history6,247- Insurgency: Sandstorm4,978 players on average · 94 months of history4,978
- Just Cause 4 Reloaded2,115 players on average · 94 months of history2,115
Darksiders III1,057 players on average · 96 months of history1,057
LEGO® The Hobbit™743 players on average · 150 months of history743
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™685 players on average · 166 months of history685
DUSK215 players on average · 117 months of history215
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.