Steam in December 2020

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on November 2020.

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 December 2020

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	717,804	1,164,396	+7.3%	#1
2	Dota 2	422,552	697,833	-0.8%	#2
3	Cyberpunk 2077	332,396	830,387	new	—
4	PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	189,234	444,680	+5.4%	#3
5	Grand Theft Auto V	106,914	258,539	+39%	#6
6	Team Fortress 2	82,424	146,887	+17%	#8
7	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	70,722	123,374	+28%	#11
8	Destiny 2	67,001	139,723	-33%	#5
9	Among Us	66,539	181,843	-42%	#4
10	Apex Legends™	64,470	112,076	-14%	#7
11	Rust	61,172	97,445	+10%	#10
12	ARK: Survival Evolved	56,324	86,471	-0.2%	#9
13	Warframe	35,990	70,305	-9.8%	#12
14	Dead by Daylight	35,632	54,526	-1.8%	#14
15	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	32,817	55,126	-3.3%	#15
16	PAYDAY 2	30,043	56,740	-6.1%	#16
17	Stardew Valley	29,621	89,311	+115%	#46
18	Terraria	28,858	43,285	-6.2%	#17
19	Total War: WARHAMMER II	27,998	67,286	+33%	#23
20	War Thunder	27,036	49,784	-5%	#18
21	Monster Hunter: World	25,810	55,776	+3.6%	#19
22	Garry's Mod	24,363	41,597	+1.5%	#20
23	Euro Truck Simulator 2	23,952	53,896	+20%	#25
24	DayZ	22,812	40,337	+18%	#26
25	Hearts of Iron IV	22,751	36,406	-2.4%	#22
26	World of Tanks Blitz	22,343	48,471	+23%	#30
27	Phasmophobia	21,998	45,537	-40%	#13
28	7 Days to Die	21,442	35,208	-8.1%	#21
29	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	21,142	41,042	+24%	#34
30	Eternal Return	20,732	52,288	+100%	#56
31	Don't Starve Together	19,535	40,791	+23%	#37
32	Unturned	19,186	32,524	-4.1%	#24
33	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	19,152	30,135	+2.7%	#27
34	Left 4 Dead 2	18,330	33,893	-0.3%	#29
35	Farming Simulator 19	18,017	36,707	-2.6%	#28
36	The Elder Scrolls® Online	17,805	29,617	+5%	#35
37	Hades	17,602	29,764	-2.4%	#32
38	Red Dead Redemption 2	17,280	31,958	+19%	#42
39	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	16,509	34,399	+11%	#39
40	Brawlhalla	16,425	27,963	-9.5%	#31
41	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	15,784	26,658	+5.4%	#38
42	Cities: Skylines	14,873	29,751	+1.6%	#41
43	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	14,751	23,767	+17%	#50
44	Europa Universalis IV	14,643	25,032	+5.3%	#43
45	Fallout 4	14,459	23,305	-13%	#36
46	RimWorld	14,277	22,168	-3.3%	#40
47	Black Desert	14,151	22,203	+2.4%	#45
48	Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition	13,250	45,381	+24%	#55
49	Arma 3	13,001	26,626	-6.2%	#44
50	DARK SOULS™ III	12,979	23,091	+37%	#59

Their best month ever

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

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month; 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.