Steam in September 2020
The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on August 2020.
Biggest risers
Most players gained on the month before, among games with 1,000+ players then.
- 1
Hades1,268 → 11,326 players on average+793% - 2
Among Us18,720 → 151,380 players on average+709% - 3
The Sims™ 41,645 → 4,182 players on average+154% - 4
Conan Exiles Enhanced6,984 → 13,647 players on average+95% - 5
Path of Exile18,829 → 32,050 players on average+70% - 6
Northgard: Definitive Edition1,348 → 2,267 players on average+68% - 7
Left 4 Dead 212,629 → 21,014 players on average+66% - 8
Stormworks: Build and Rescue1,303 → 1,915 players on average+47% - 9
DayZ13,979 → 19,896 players on average+42% - 10
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS6,996 → 9,700 players on average+39%
Launched this month
Games whose first months on Steam started here, by players at launch.
- 1
Crusader Kings IIIlaunched Sep 202048,313 - 2
Medieval Dynastylaunched Sep 202010,156 - 3
Wasteland 3launched Sep 20205,861 - 4
Serious Sam 4launched Sep 20202,963 - 5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoninglaunched Sep 20202,274 - 6Stormworks: Build and Rescuelaunched Sep 20201,915
- 7
Night of the Deadlaunched Sep 20201,695 - 8
Iron Harvestlaunched Sep 20201,564 - 9
Star Renegadeslaunched Sep 2020666 - 10
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Championslaunched Sep 2020648
Top 50 of September 2020
| # | Game | Avg. players | Peak | Change | Was |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2 | 606,850 | 977,769 | -5.2% | #1 |
| 2 |  Dota 2 | 408,610 | 670,547 | -4.9% | #2 |
| 3 |  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 169,094 | 403,693 | -12% | #3 |
| 4 | Among Us | 151,380 | 438,524 | +709% | #28 |
| 5 |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 75,543 | 163,478 | +11% | #5 |
| 6 |  Team Fortress 2 | 68,866 | 86,576 | +2.9% | #6 |
| 7 |  Grand Theft Auto V | 68,047 | 126,174 | -23% | #4 |
| 8 |  Warframe | 56,331 | 90,316 | -5.5% | #8 |
| 9 |  Destiny 2 | 53,312 | 97,247 | -17% | #7 |
| 10 | Crusader Kings III | 48,313 | 98,474 | new | — |
| 11 |  Rust | 46,431 | 76,611 | -13% | #9 |
| 12 |  ARK: Survival Evolved | 45,240 | 73,081 | -5.3% | #10 |
| 13 |  Dead by Daylight | 39,898 | 76,258 | -0.6% | #11 |
| 14 | Path of Exile | 32,050 | 121,595 | +70% | #27 |
| 15 |  Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | 31,139 | 54,546 | -7.6% | #13 |
| 16 |  PAYDAY 2 | 28,496 | 45,610 | -10% | #14 |
| 17 |  Monster Hunter: World | 28,378 | 62,376 | -16% | #12 |
| 18 |  Garry's Mod | 22,397 | 38,216 | -21% | #16 |
| 19 |  Terraria | 21,643 | 33,696 | -24% | #15 |
| 20 |  War Thunder | 21,212 | 35,475 | -1.3% | #20 |
| 21 | Left 4 Dead 2 | 21,014 | 100,965 | +66% | #49 |
| 22 |  7 Days to Die | 21,014 | 33,803 | +1.4% | #22 |
| 23 | DayZ | 19,896 | 36,728 | +42% | #44 |
| 24 |  FINAL FANTASY XIV Online | 18,951 | 30,188 | -7.5% | #23 |
| 25 |  The Elder Scrolls® Online | 18,864 | 31,588 | -19% | #18 |
| 26 |  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | 18,311 | 38,742 | +12% | #34 |
| 27 |  Hearts of Iron IV | 17,978 | 32,124 | -17% | #19 |
| 28 |  Unturned | 17,821 | 29,380 | -9.6% | #25 |
| 29 |  Sid Meier's Civilization® V | 17,578 | 26,250 | -4.3% | #29 |
| 30 |  Brawlhalla | 16,955 | 33,740 | -0.3% | #31 |
| 31 |  Total War: WARHAMMER II | 16,777 | 27,780 | -16% | #24 |
| 32 |  Black Desert | 16,739 | 22,953 | +15% | #42 |
| 33 |  Factorio | 16,466 | 28,351 | +4.4% | #37 |
| 34 |  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 15,947 | 24,612 | -18% | #26 |
| 35 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 15,843 | 31,409 | -8.1% | #30 |
| 36 |  RimWorld | 15,326 | 22,093 | -7.3% | #33 |
| 37 |  Farming Simulator 19 | 14,504 | 30,938 | -0.4% | #41 |
| 38 |  Cities: Skylines | 14,065 | 26,363 | -2.6% | #43 |
| 39 |  World of Tanks Blitz | 13,881 | 29,456 | +5% | #47 |
| 40 |  SMITE® | 13,762 | 23,567 | -7.9% | #40 |
| 41 | Conan Exiles Enhanced | 13,647 | 33,819 | +95% | #71 |
| 42 |  Stardew Valley | 13,509 | 19,609 | -19% | #32 |
| 43 |  Risk of Rain 2 | 12,878 | 24,530 | -49% | #17 |
| 44 |  Fallout 4 | 12,872 | 19,804 | -15% | #38 |
| 45 |  Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 12,777 | 20,690 | -4.9% | #46 |
| 46 |  Arma 3 | 12,704 | 26,059 | -2.5% | #48 |
| 47 |  Europa Universalis IV | 11,862 | 19,618 | -26% | #36 |
| 48 |  Red Dead Redemption 2 | 11,339 | 24,256 | -25% | #39 |
| 49 |  Don't Starve Together | 11,337 | 22,870 | -19% | #45 |
| 50 | Hades | 11,326 | 37,586 | +793% | — |
Their best month ever
Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.
- Crusader Kings III48,313 players on average · 73 months of history48,313
- Medieval Dynasty10,156 players on average · 73 months of history10,156
Craftopia7,873 players on average · 73 months of history7,873- Wasteland 35,861 players on average · 73 months of history5,861
- Serious Sam 42,963 players on average · 73 months of history2,963
Life is Strange 22,729 players on average · 96 months of history2,729
CONTROL Ultimate Edition2,648 players on average · 73 months of history2,648- Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning2,274 players on average · 73 months of history2,274
Chronicon1,918 players on average · 134 months of history1,918- Night of the Dead1,695 players on average · 73 months of history1,695
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.