Most played on Steam in 2020

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.

Top 50 of 2020

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	657,266	1,305,714	+65%	#2
2	Dota 2	433,340	801,121	-9.3%	#1
3	PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	215,206	913,075	-42%	#3
4	Grand Theft Auto V	102,379	267,360	+50%	#5
5	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	81,630	198,567	+14%	#4
6	Team Fortress 2	68,156	146,887	+42%	#7
7	Destiny 2	67,159	241,843	+121%	#10
8	ARK: Survival Evolved	57,827	157,355	+56%	#9
9	Rust	54,874	125,415	+18%	#8
10	Monster Hunter: World	53,180	284,090	+81%	#11
11	Warframe	46,118	154,246	-6.3%	#6
12	Among Us	44,295	438,524	+55,269%	—
13	Terraria	43,568	486,918	+101%	#15
14	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	35,463	76,439	+32%	#12
15	Dead by Daylight	34,161	77,347	+67%	#17
16	Path of Exile	28,563	132,508	+15%	#14
17	Garry's Mod	27,852	61,933	+9.3%	#13
18	PAYDAY 2	27,716	61,728	+119%	#30
19	Cyberpunk 2077	27,700	830,387	new	—
20	Total War: WARHAMMER II	23,818	84,254	+45%	#21
21	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	22,562	103,329	+58%	#24
22	War Thunder	21,253	55,865	+70%	#31
23	Unturned	20,872	42,396	+43%	#23
24	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	20,861	51,448	-1%	#16
25	Hearts of Iron IV	20,796	46,234	+33%	#22
26	Stardew Valley	20,558	89,311	+56%	#28
27	Euro Truck Simulator 2	20,288	60,883	+22%	#20
28	The Elder Scrolls® Online	19,907	49,061	+44%	#25
29	7 Days to Die	19,040	38,944	+79%	#39
30	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	18,768	248,034	new	—
31	DayZ	17,056	40,545	+106%	#48
32	Black Desert	17,006	37,034	+40%	#33
33	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	16,456	30,978	+38%	#35
34	Red Dead Redemption 2	16,295	51,030	+583%	#112
35	RimWorld	15,862	41,637	+49%	#38
36	Brawlhalla	15,565	33,740	+96%	#51
37	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	15,518	34,086	+30%	#34
38	Europa Universalis IV	15,427	47,844	+35%	#36
39	Don't Starve Together	15,340	45,509	+65%	#45
40	World of Tanks Blitz	15,336	48,471	+52%	#41
41	Left 4 Dead 2	15,200	100,965	+61%	#44
42	Farming Simulator 19	14,883	40,136	+63%	#46
43	Fallout 4	14,661	29,702	+16%	#29
44	Arma 3	14,317	40,307	+6.6%	#26
45	Cities: Skylines	14,282	56,061	+33%	#37
46	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	14,252	34,399	+585%	#126
47	SMITE®	13,507	27,842	+65%	#49
48	Stellaris	13,457	64,120	+32%	#40
49	Borderlands 3	11,970	93,597	new	—
50	Counter-Strike	11,966	31,782	+23%	#42

Biggest launches of 2020

Average players in the best of their first three months.

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.