Most played on Steam in 2022

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 2022

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	603,169	1,129,095	-0.8%	#1
2	Dota 2	466,160	1,038,848	+10%	#2
3	Lost Ark	300,040	1,324,761	new	—
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	205,399	696,704	+15%	#3
5	Apex Legends™	187,462	510,286	+43%	#4
6	Grand Theft Auto V	93,311	197,328	+1.9%	#5
7	ELDEN RING	88,088	952,523	new	—
8	Team Fortress 2	86,769	147,868	-2.8%	#6
9	Rust	79,933	165,120	-7.5%	#7
10	Destiny 2	65,433	289,895	+12%	#8
11	ARK: Survival Evolved	56,286	247,292	+9.9%	#12
12	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	52,014	166,259	+122%	#25
13	MIR4	46,037	71,226	+132%	#30
14	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	42,596	262,333	new	—
15	Call of Duty®	42,162	488,897	new	—
16	War Thunder	40,787	88,331	+55%	#21
17	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	38,611	89,986	+13%	#15
18	Warframe	38,382	91,910	-14%	#14
19	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	37,988	108,630	-35%	#9
20	Unturned	37,314	92,850	+50%	#23
21	FIFA 22	36,901	108,168	+405%	#86
22	Dead by Daylight	36,396	96,390	-19%	#13
23	Terraria	34,570	115,029	+7.5%	#16
24	PAYDAY 2	32,833	72,662	+9.8%	#17
25	New World: Aeternum	30,823	137,755	-43%	#10
26	MONSTER HUNTER RISE	29,800	230,942	new	—
27	Hearts of Iron IV	29,668	70,836	+14%	#22
28	DayZ	28,877	58,240	+32%	#28
29	Stardew Valley	28,758	54,288	-2.8%	#18
30	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	24,613	65,565	-11%	#20
31	Garry's Mod	24,534	45,812	-1.3%	#24
32	7 Days to Die	24,462	70,001	+18%	#29
33	Path of Exile	23,334	158,140	-21%	#19
34	Cyberpunk 2077	22,107	136,724	+22%	#37
35	Euro Truck Simulator 2	21,558	56,796	-2.9%	#26
36	Valheim	21,418	127,172	-60%	#11
37	Project Zomboid	21,391	65,379	+319%	#117
38	Total War: WARHAMMER III	21,149	166,519	new	—
39	Red Dead Redemption 2	20,920	66,113	+35%	#47
40	VRChat	20,891	42,564	+35%	#48
41	RimWorld	20,393	60,742	+11%	#34
42	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	20,039	42,340	+1.5%	#31
43	Don't Starve Together	19,014	59,827	+7.7%	#40
44	Left 4 Dead 2	18,654	84,991	+7.1%	#41
45	The Sims™ 4	18,570	96,185	+93%	#70
46	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	18,371	89,259	+0.7%	#36
47	Vampire Survivors	18,061	77,061	new	—
48	Farming Simulator 22	17,747	61,967	+161%	#89
49	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	17,368	58,611	+32%	#59
50	Cities: Skylines	16,744	37,535	+9.3%	#50

Biggest launches of 2022

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.