Steam in December 2019
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on November 2019.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Raft1,467 → 8,008 players on average+446% - 2
Path of Exile12,077 → 41,688 players on average+245% - 3
Bloons TD 61,645 → 5,142 players on average+213% - 4
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition1,749 → 5,413 players on average+209% - 5
Resident Evil 21,166 → 3,417 players on average+193% - 6
Jurassic World Evolution1,180 → 3,249 players on average+175% - 7
Risk of Rain 22,718 → 7,172 players on average+164% - 8
Stardew Valley10,855 → 24,149 players on average+122% - 9
Insurgency: Sandstorm1,248 → 2,698 players on average+116% - 10
Portal 21,867 → 4,012 players on average+115%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
Transport Fever 2launched Dec 20199,877 - 2
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYSlaunched Dec 20193,439 - 3
GTFOlaunched Dec 20192,477 - 4
CRSED: Cuisine Royalelaunched Dec 20191,507 - 5
Darksiders Genesislaunched Dec 20191,454 - 6
BONEWORKSlaunched Dec 20191,371 - 7
Stay Outlaunched Dec 2019988 - 8
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contractslaunched Dec 2019768 - 9
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trovelaunched Dec 2019664 - 10
Infernalaunched Dec 2019329
Top 50 of December 2019
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 456,702 | 767,060 | +7.2% | #1 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 384,180 | 685,165 | -4.4% | #2 |
| 3 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 308,445 | 686,239 | +0.9% | #3 |
| 4 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 97,778 | 204,137 | +42% | #5 |
| 5 |  Destiny 2 | 92,171 | 138,593 | -15% | #4 |
| 6 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 78,229 | 138,681 | +18% | #6 |
| 7 |  Team Fortress 2 | 61,696 | 103,481 | +23% | #7 |
| 8 |  Rust | 49,095 | 81,928 | +13% | #9 |
| 9 |  Warframe | 47,143 | 84,081 | +2.3% | #8 |
| 10 | Path of Exile | 41,688 | 117,757 | +245% | #31 |
| 11 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 40,473 | 66,043 | +12% | #10 |
| 12 |  Terraria | 35,587 | 57,927 | +69% | #16 |
| 13 |  Monster Hunter: World | 30,499 | 69,511 | +35% | #14 |
| 14 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 29,680 | 51,209 | +26% | #12 |
| 15 |  Red Dead Redemption 2 | 28,626 | 55,269 | new | — |
| 16 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 27,360 | 94,601 | +108% | #27 |
| 17 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 24,790 | 44,898 | +59% | #23 |
| 18 |  Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 24,749 | 93,305 | new | — |
| 19 |  PAYDAY 2 | 24,293 | 37,817 | -15% | #11 |
| 20 |  Garry's Mod | 24,261 | 44,534 | +13% | #15 |
| 21 | Stardew Valley | 24,149 | 38,024 | +122% | #37 |
| 22 |  Dead by Daylight | 23,103 | 38,177 | -1.5% | #13 |
| 23 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 21,790 | 45,971 | +30% | #20 |
| 24 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 20,314 | 31,810 | +2.2% | #17 |
| 25 |  Unturned | 17,096 | 38,088 | -1.3% | #19 |
| 26 |  7 Days to Die | 16,400 | 28,088 | -15% | #18 |
| 27 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 16,215 | 28,404 | +4.1% | #22 |
| 28 |  Fallout 4 | 13,979 | 23,706 | +7.5% | #28 |
| 29 |  War Thunder | 13,388 | 23,388 | +7.8% | #29 |
| 30 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 13,199 | 23,687 | +24% | #39 |
| 31 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 12,655 | 32,114 | +17% | #38 |
| 32 |  DayZ | 12,561 | 24,254 | +40% | #46 |
| 33 |  Paladins® | 12,502 | 21,122 | +1.3% | #30 |
| 34 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 12,472 | 23,749 | +8.2% | #33 |
| 35 |  Europa Universalis IV | 12,401 | 20,805 | +7.1% | #32 |
| 36 |  Don't Starve Together | 12,209 | 25,760 | +24% | #43 |
| 37 |  Dota Underlords | 11,847 | 20,177 | -28% | #21 |
| 38 |  Cities: Skylines | 11,736 | 20,120 | +5.3% | #35 |
| 39 |  Arma 3 | 11,583 | 22,863 | +9.7% | #40 |
| 40 |  Left 4 Dead 2 | 11,214 | 23,710 | +18% | #44 |
| 41 |  Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 11,139 | 20,269 | -20% | #25 |
| 42 |  Conan Exiles Enhanced | 10,842 | 21,129 | +85% | #61 |
| 43 |  Black Desert | 10,842 | 17,228 | +5.5% | #41 |
| 44 |  Farming Simulator 19 | 10,824 | 22,425 | -1.6% | #36 |
| 45 |  Brawlhalla | 10,381 | 17,583 | +28% | #50 |
| 46 |  RimWorld | 9,969 | 15,356 | -0.6% | #42 |
| 47 | Transport Fever 2 | 9,877 | 23,150 | new | — |
| 48 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 9,693 | 15,898 | -15% | #34 |
| 49 |  Counter-Strike | 9,575 | 18,196 | +9.1% | #47 |
| 50 |  Stellaris | 9,242 | 15,575 | +1.5% | #45 |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection24,749 players on average · 82 months of history24,749
- Transport Fever 29,877 players on average · 82 months of history9,877
- SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS3,439 players on average · 82 months of history3,439
POSTAL3,308 players on average · 164 months of history3,308
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 21,479 players on average · 82 months of history1,479- Darksiders Genesis1,454 players on average · 82 months of history1,454
- BONEWORKS1,371 players on average · 82 months of history1,371
DJMAX RESPECT V1,205 players on average · 82 months of history1,205- Inferna329 players on average · 82 months of history329
Curious Expedition217 players on average · 137 months of history217
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.