Most played on Steam in 2021

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 2021

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	607,954	1,198,581	-7.5%	#1
2	Dota 2	422,208	756,170	-2.6%	#2
3	PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDSnow PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	177,918	464,480	-17%	#3
4	Apex Legends™	130,972	330,879	+1,027%	#51
5	Grand Theft Auto V	91,553	218,784	-11%	#4
6	Team Fortress 2	89,289	150,037	+31%	#6
7	Rust	86,375	244,394	+57%	#9
8	Destiny 2	58,521	187,504	-13%	#7
9	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	58,515	199,830	-28%	#5
10	New World: Aeternum	54,043	913,027	new	—
11	Valheim	53,865	498,478	new	—
12	ARK: Survival Evolved	51,233	147,475	-11%	#8
13	Dead by Daylight	44,822	105,052	+31%	#15
14	Warframe	44,637	181,509	-3.2%	#11
15	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	34,163	71,565	-3.7%	#14
16	Terraria	32,170	84,258	-26%	#13
17	PAYDAY 2	29,911	61,808	+7.9%	#18
18	Stardew Valley	29,599	94,479	+44%	#26
19	Path of Exile	29,510	157,091	+3.3%	#16
20	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	27,632	95,102	+78%	#37
21	War Thunder	26,251	63,379	+24%	#22
22	Hearts of Iron IV	25,914	68,019	+25%	#25
23	Unturned	24,862	70,692	+19%	#23
24	Garry's Mod	24,854	46,668	-11%	#17
25	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	23,441	186,707	new	—
26	Euro Truck Simulator 2	22,195	59,999	+9.4%	#27
27	Total War: WARHAMMER II	22,120	74,898	-7.1%	#20
28	DayZ	21,837	45,973	+28%	#31
29	7 Days to Die	20,662	61,449	+8.5%	#29
30	MIR4	19,805	97,125	new	—
31	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	19,734	53,665	+20%	#33
32	Monster Hunter: World	19,168	56,758	-64%	#10
33	The Elder Scrolls® Online	18,972	43,272	-4.7%	#28
34	RimWorld	18,433	50,850	+16%	#35
35	Black Desert	18,380	40,449	+8.1%	#32
36	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	18,242	62,211	-19%	#21
37	Cyberpunk 2077	18,147	225,670	-34%	#19
38	World of Tanks Blitz	17,909	56,489	+17%	#40
39	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	17,835	70,483	+199%	#84
40	Don't Starve Together	17,657	60,155	+15%	#39
41	Left 4 Dead 2	17,413	49,003	+15%	#41
42	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	16,983	31,565	-19%	#24
43	Brawlhalla	16,696	34,169	+7.3%	#36
44	鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal	16,484	183,985	new	—
45	Farming Simulator 19	16,474	37,393	+11%	#42
46	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	15,691	38,725	+10%	#46
47	Red Dead Redemption 2	15,475	40,154	-5%	#34
48	VRChat	15,457	29,072	+45%	#56
49	Europa Universalis IV	15,421	27,909	0%	#38
50	Cities: Skylines	15,322	39,610	+7.3%	#45

Biggest launches of 2021

Average players in the best of their first three months.

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.