Most played on Steam in 2019
Ranked by average concurrent players over the whole year. The change compares the year before.
Month by month
The most played game of each month. Open a month for its full report.
January 2019PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS497,803 players on averageFebruary 2019Dota 2564,910 players on averageMarch 2019Dota 2586,506 players on averageApril 2019Dota 2520,219 players on averageMay 2019Dota 2548,523 players on averageJune 2019Dota 2507,528 players on averageJuly 2019Dota 2464,788 players on averageAugust 2019Dota 2467,148 players on averageSeptember 2019Dota 2421,971 players on averageOctober 2019Counter-Strike: Global Offensive408,995 players on averageNovember 2019Counter-Strike: Global Offensive426,081 players on averageDecember 2019Counter-Strike: Global Offensive456,702 players on average
Top 50 of 2019
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dota 2 | 477,651 | 1,033,925 | +5% | #2 |
| 2 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 398,361 | 767,060 | +24% | #3 |
| 3 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 368,058 | 1,084,606 | -57% | #1 |
| 4 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 71,666 | 148,365 | +5.4% | #4 |
| 5 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 68,376 | 204,137 | +26% | #6 |
| 6 |  Warframe | 49,235 | 115,102 | -9.7% | #5 |
| 7 |  Team Fortress 2 | 48,014 | 103,481 | +8% | #7 |
| 8 |  Rust | 46,517 | 93,595 | +45% | #10 |
| 9 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 37,023 | 83,446 | -4.9% | #8 |
| 10 |  Destiny 2 | 30,453 | 292,314 | new | — |
| 11 |  Monster Hunter: World | 29,358 | 97,996 | -9.8% | #9 |
| 12 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 26,858 | 93,889 | +29% | #15 |
| 13 |  Garry's Mod | 25,479 | 53,218 | -6.9% | #11 |
| 14 |  Path of Exile | 24,900 | 117,757 | -3.3% | #12 |
| 15 |  Terraria | 21,708 | 57,927 | +20% | #17 |
| 16 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 21,075 | 39,943 | -15% | #13 |
| 17 |  Dead by Daylight | 20,453 | 75,044 | +14% | #18 |
| 18 |  Dota Underlords | 20,373 | 202,254 | new | — |
| 19 |  Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | 17,461 | 191,816 | new | — |
| 20 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 16,696 | 45,971 | +3.9% | #20 |
| 21 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 16,442 | 44,898 | +26% | #26 |
| 22 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 15,694 | 46,806 | +17% | #23 |
| 23 |  Unturned | 14,598 | 47,500 | +8.1% | #22 |
| 24 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 14,287 | 94,601 | +13% | #27 |
| 25 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 13,838 | 32,498 | +16% | #29 |
| 26 |  Arma 3 | 13,430 | 32,582 | -16% | #21 |
| 27 |  Borderlands 2 | 13,180 | 80,287 | +79% | #47 |
| 28 |  Stardew Valley | 13,176 | 38,024 | +0.6% | #25 |
| 29 |  Fallout 4 | 12,673 | 25,568 | -33% | #16 |
| 30 |  PAYDAY 2 | 12,649 | 56,187 | -44% | #14 |
| 31 |  War Thunder | 12,514 | 25,719 | +2.2% | #28 |
| 32 |  Paladins® | 12,409 | 28,070 | -26% | #19 |
| 33 |  Black Desert | 12,116 | 59,917 | -8.1% | #24 |
| 34 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 11,974 | 41,190 | +87% | #53 |
| 35 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 11,933 | 23,687 | +8.9% | #33 |
| 36 |  Europa Universalis IV | 11,445 | 23,109 | -2.3% | #30 |
| 37 |  Cities: Skylines | 10,748 | 24,892 | +14% | #36 |
| 38 |  RimWorld | 10,665 | 18,211 | +27% | #39 |
| 39 |  7 Days to Die | 10,616 | 37,024 | +28% | #41 |
| 40 |  Stellaris | 10,210 | 31,038 | -12% | #32 |
| 41 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 10,060 | 32,114 | +26% | #42 |
| 42 |  Counter-Strike | 9,704 | 22,902 | -17% | #31 |
| 43 |  Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | 9,511 | 124,334 | new | — |
| 44 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 9,448 | 26,978 | -3.7% | #35 |
| 45 |  Don't Starve Together | 9,283 | 66,829 | +20% | #44 |
| 46 |  Farming Simulator 19 | 9,152 | 24,894 | +188% | #91 |
| 47 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 8,805 | 20,826 | +3.7% | #38 |
| 48 |  DayZ | 8,262 | 24,254 | +201% | #104 |
| 49 |  SMITE® | 8,168 | 16,988 | +4.1% | #43 |
| 50 |  Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | 8,014 | 31,704 | +76% | #74 |
Biggest launches of 2019
Average players in the best of their first three months.
- 1Total War: THREE KINGDOMSlaunched May 2019102,719
- 2Dota Underlordslaunched Jun 201976,388
- 3Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Editionlaunched Mar 201968,632
- 4
Resident Evil 2launched Jan 201940,206 - 5
MORDHAUlaunched May 201928,446 - 6
Remnant: From the Asheslaunched Aug 201926,343 - 7
Risk of Rain 2launched Apr 201921,407 - 8
Mortal Kombat11launched Apr 201915,420 - 9
Devil May Cry 5launched Mar 201914,750 - 10
Planet Zoolaunched Nov 201914,392
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.