Steam in January 2020

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 2019.

Biggest risers

Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.

Launched this month

Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.

Top 50 of January 2020

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	501,196	817,229	+9.7%	#1
2	Dota 2	378,925	616,415	-1.4%	#2
3	PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	275,363	645,414	-11%	#3
4	Monster Hunter: World	113,236	284,090	+271%	#13
5	Grand Theft Auto V	111,300	214,796	+14%	#4
6	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	94,186	157,948	+20%	#6
7	Destiny 2	65,955	108,724	-28%	#5
8	Team Fortress 2	59,598	76,738	-3.4%	#7
9	Rust	51,620	97,340	+5.1%	#8
10	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	48,217	103,329	+76%	#16
11	ARK: Survival Evolved	45,656	74,200	+13%	#11
12	Path of Exile	39,979	84,600	-4.1%	#10
13	Warframe	36,264	59,186	-23%	#9
14	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	32,746	55,195	+10%	#14
15	Terraria	29,514	49,672	-17%	#12
16	Garry's Mod	26,582	49,001	+9.6%	#20
17	Red Dead Redemption 2	25,117	51,030	-12%	#15
18	Stardew Valley	24,356	39,046	+0.9%	#21
19	Dead by Daylight	23,582	44,620	+2.1%	#22
20	Total War: WARHAMMER II	22,946	40,168	-7.4%	#17
21	Temtem	21,967	39,501	new	—
22	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	20,642	32,681	+1.6%	#24
23	PAYDAY 2	20,294	39,376	-16%	#19
24	Euro Truck Simulator 2	18,884	39,419	-13%	#23
25	Hearts of Iron IV	17,678	30,319	+9%	#27
26	Unturned	17,665	34,544	+3.3%	#25
27	7 Days to Die	16,551	27,981	+0.9%	#26
28	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	15,992	26,377	+21%	#30
29	The Elder Scrolls® Online	15,417	28,238	+24%	#34
30	DayZ	14,732	25,661	+17%	#32
31	Arma 3	14,703	31,684	+27%	#39
32	Fallout 4	14,377	23,023	+2.8%	#28
33	Black Desert	14,250	21,532	+31%	#43
34	World of Tanks Blitz	14,234	30,161	+12%	#31
35	Paladins®	13,883	26,050	+11%	#33
36	War Thunder	13,825	21,319	+3.3%	#29
37	Europa Universalis IV	13,380	26,364	+7.9%	#35
38	Don't Starve Together	12,936	28,747	+6%	#36
39	Cities: Skylines	12,281	21,581	+4.6%	#38
40	Left 4 Dead 2	12,134	22,868	+8.2%	#40
41	RimWorld	12,111	18,083	+21%	#46
42	Conan Exiles Enhanced	11,660	20,972	+7.5%	#42
43	DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT	11,559	25,715	new	—
44	Total War: THREE KINGDOMS	11,551	25,441	+79%	#64
45	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	11,140	21,231	0%	#41
46	Slay the Spire	10,919	20,383	+84%	#68
47	Farming Simulator 19	10,879	22,350	+0.5%	#44
48	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	10,660	17,465	+10%	#48
49	Brawlhalla	10,448	18,649	+0.6%	#45
50	Counter-Strike	10,198	19,141	+6.5%	#49

Their best month ever

Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.

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.