Steam in January 2019
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 2018.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
My Time at Portia1,070 → 4,785 players on average+347% - 2
The Isle1,124 → 2,334 players on average+108% - 3
Kingdom Come: Deliverance3,028 → 5,117 players on average+69% - 4
Tree of Savior (English Ver.)1,244 → 2,072 players on average+67% - 5
ENDLESS Space™ 21,116 → 1,809 players on average+62% - 6
Mortal Kombat X1,040 → 1,667 players on average+60% - 7
Kenshi3,667 → 5,114 players on average+39% - 8
Terraria17,776 → 24,649 players on average+39% - 9
Raft1,517 → 2,103 players on average+39% - 10
Subnautica3,778 → 5,199 players on average+38%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
Resident Evil 2launched Jan 201940,206 - 2
Slay the Spirelaunched Jan 201910,407 - 3
Amazing Cultivation Simulatorlaunched Jan 20197,113 - 4
隐形守护者 The Invisible Guardianlaunched Jan 20196,319 - 5
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2launched Jan 20195,083 - 6My Time at Portialaunched Jan 20194,785
- 7
Idle Wizardlaunched Jan 20191,247 - 8
PC Building Simulatorlaunched Jan 2019985 - 9
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Editionlaunched Jan 2019718 - 10
Catherine Classiclaunched Jan 2019411
Top 50 of January 2019
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 497,803 | 1,084,606 | +5.1% | #1 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 475,747 | 874,888 | +8.3% | #2 |
| 3 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 401,367 | 684,511 | +1.5% | #3 |
| 4 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 79,176 | 137,434 | +12% | #4 |
| 5 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 59,851 | 118,210 | +7.6% | #5 |
| 6 |  Warframe | 52,755 | 82,266 | -1.8% | #6 |
| 7 |  Team Fortress 2 | 50,511 | 66,649 | -0.2% | #8 |
| 8 |  Rust | 46,201 | 85,208 | +8.4% | #10 |
| 9 |  Monster Hunter: World | 42,308 | 97,088 | +11% | #12 |
| 10 | Resident Evil 2 | 40,206 | 74,024 | new | — |
| 11 |  Path of Exile | 36,766 | 77,233 | -28% | #7 |
| 12 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 36,178 | 58,388 | -16% | #9 |
| 13 |  Garry's Mod | 29,084 | 53,218 | +13% | #15 |
| 14 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 26,721 | 47,654 | -0.1% | #13 |
| 15 |  ATLAS | 26,642 | 55,297 | -32% | #11 |
| 16 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 24,753 | 39,943 | -4.8% | #14 |
| 17 | Terraria | 24,649 | 39,437 | +39% | #20 |
| 18 |  Unturned | 22,615 | 33,900 | +25% | #19 |
| 19 |  Dead by Daylight | 22,079 | 41,441 | +12% | #18 |
| 20 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 19,168 | 40,295 | -4.7% | #17 |
| 21 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 15,780 | 26,759 | -0.9% | #22 |
| 22 |  Stardew Valley | 15,249 | 24,470 | +37% | #38 |
| 23 |  Arma 3 | 15,240 | 29,454 | +12% | #28 |
| 24 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 15,097 | 27,330 | +11% | #27 |
| 25 |  Paladins® | 15,018 | 28,070 | +0.9% | #23 |
| 26 |  Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | 14,243 | 31,704 | +5.3% | #29 |
| 27 |  Fallout 4 | 14,083 | 25,206 | -17% | #21 |
| 28 |  Black Desert | 13,664 | 17,839 | +27% | #40 |
| 29 |  War Thunder | 13,420 | 21,094 | +0.7% | #30 |
| 30 |  7 Days to Die | 13,387 | 26,707 | -2.8% | #26 |
| 31 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 13,063 | 25,651 | +8.6% | #32 |
| 32 |  Stellaris | 12,950 | 27,465 | -37% | #16 |
| 33 |  Europa Universalis IV | 12,854 | 23,109 | +2.6% | #31 |
| 34 |  Counter-Strike | 12,618 | 22,902 | +8.9% | #35 |
| 35 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 12,586 | 20,884 | +9.8% | #36 |
| 36 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 12,408 | 21,996 | +3.2% | #33 |
| 37 |  RimWorld | 11,908 | 18,208 | +18% | #43 |
| 38 |  DARK SOULS™ III | 11,004 | 18,626 | +31% | #48 |
| 39 |  Age of Empires II (Retired) | 10,605 | 20,826 | +1.1% | #41 |
| 40 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 10,568 | 20,122 | +6.6% | #44 |
| 41 |  Farming Simulator 19 | 10,491 | 22,991 | -29% | #24 |
| 42 | Slay the Spire | 10,407 | 14,586 | +26% | #50 |
| 43 |  Cities: Skylines | 10,349 | 18,384 | -4.3% | #39 |
| 44 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 9,736 | 24,280 | -0.9% | #45 |
| 45 |  Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | 9,622 | 19,299 | +14% | #47 |
| 46 |  PAYDAY 2 | 9,557 | 15,172 | -31% | #25 |
| 47 |  Don't Starve Together | 8,512 | 17,807 | -8.5% | #46 |
| 48 |  The Forest | 8,451 | 18,954 | +3.1% | #51 |
| 49 |  Borderlands 2 | 8,386 | 16,585 | +10% | #53 |
| 50 |  Factorio | 8,371 | 14,682 | +18% | #56 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Resident Evil 240,206 players on average · 93 months of history40,206
- Amazing Cultivation Simulator7,113 players on average · 93 months of history7,113
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 25,083 players on average · 93 months of history5,083
- My Time at Portia4,785 players on average · 109 months of history4,785
Skillshot City2,242 players on average · 117 months of history2,242
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game1,230 players on average · 109 months of history1,230
Stonehearth670 players on average · 136 months of history670
Dungeons 3632 players on average · 116 months of history632
Parkitect598 players on average · 126 months of history598- Catherine Classic411 players on average · 93 months of history411
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.