Steam in January 2022

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 2021.

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 2022

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	602,376	991,625	+10%	#1
2	Dota 2	485,791	786,118	+8.1%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	242,322	696,704	+58%	#3
4	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	162,322	262,333	new	—
5	Apex Legends™	145,583	264,287	+19%	#4
6	Grand Theft Auto V	96,453	158,823	+5.7%	#5
7	Rust	90,931	154,747	+20%	#8
8	Team Fortress 2	79,748	129,305	-11%	#6
9	MONSTER HUNTER RISE	74,801	133,629	new	—
10	New World: Aeternum	65,107	117,042	-22%	#7
11	ARK: Survival Evolved	61,979	96,650	+16%	#14
12	MIR4	59,744	71,226	-16%	#9
13	Destiny 2	53,650	78,752	-13%	#10
14	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	53,551	138,595	-12%	#11
15	Warframe	47,395	77,400	-13%	#12
16	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	44,993	74,819	+3%	#17
17	Project Zomboid	41,957	65,379	+106%	#38
18	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	41,709	64,436	+23%	#21
19	FIFA 22	41,119	73,870	+16%	#20
20	Terraria	40,141	59,635	+4.5%	#18
21	Dead by Daylight	40,129	62,074	-10%	#16
22	7 Days to Die	40,065	70,001	+9%	#19
23	Unturned	36,861	55,031	+11%	#24
24	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	36,731	78,592	+46%	#30
25	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	36,615	65,565	-32%	#13
26	PAYDAY 2	34,707	48,448	+4.3%	#23
27	God of War	34,119	73,529	new	—
28	Stardew Valley	33,622	48,151	+35%	#31
29	DayZ	31,091	52,696	+20%	#27
30	Hearts of Iron IV	30,588	48,715	+1.8%	#25
31	Valheim	30,061	55,608	+41%	#37
32	War Thunder	29,067	45,424	+9.3%	#26
33	Euro Truck Simulator 2	27,313	56,796	+21%	#34
34	Garry's Mod	26,380	45,812	+18%	#36
35	Red Dead Redemption 2	26,131	41,289	+15%	#33
36	Farming Simulator 22	25,501	61,967	-23%	#22
37	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	25,445	42,340	-1.8%	#28
38	Halo Infinite	23,403	62,371	-55%	#15
39	Don't Starve Together	22,856	46,209	+1.2%	#35
40	Total War: WARHAMMER II	22,259	38,592	+16%	#41
41	World of Tanks Blitz	21,619	47,291	-7.8%	#32
42	Left 4 Dead 2	21,493	34,605	+27%	#45
43	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	21,137	34,616	+34%	#56
44	VRChat	21,096	42,564	+19%	#42
45	暖雪 Warm Snow	19,927	44,545	new	—
46	The Elder Scrolls® Online	19,679	34,533	+16%	#44
47	Cities: Skylines	18,621	34,443	+23%	#61
48	RimWorld	18,436	25,439	+14%	#53
49	Black Desert	18,201	25,832	+12%	#50
50	Phasmophobia	18,083	37,163	+2.1%	#43

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.