Steam in February 2022

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on January 2022.

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 February 2022

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Lost Ark	699,094	1,324,761	new	—
2	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	634,638	995,163	+5.4%	#1
3	Dota 2	450,200	725,851	-7.3%	#2
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	241,174	532,109	-0.5%	#3
5	Apex Legends™	203,654	392,998	+40%	#5
6	Grand Theft Auto V	92,516	155,111	-4.1%	#6
7	Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition	91,227	274,983	new	—
8	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	87,124	190,442	-46%	#4
9	Rust	86,567	164,990	-4.8%	#7
10	Total War: WARHAMMER III	77,528	166,519	new	—
11	Destiny 2	75,170	289,895	+40%	#13
12	Team Fortress 2	70,353	93,238	-12%	#8
13	MIR4	55,841	61,535	-6.5%	#12
14	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	54,300	148,721	+1.4%	#14
15	ARK: Survival Evolved	50,184	86,443	-19%	#11
16	Path of Exile	48,633	158,140	+486%	#90
17	FIFA 22	44,120	89,499	+7.3%	#19
18	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	43,867	78,263	-2.5%	#16
19	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	39,345	61,321	-5.7%	#18
20	Vampire Survivors	39,032	77,061	+262%	#78
21	Dead by Daylight	36,207	52,508	-9.8%	#21
22	Warframe	35,038	57,905	-26%	#15
23	Terraria	33,404	57,046	-17%	#20
24	Unturned	32,418	46,477	-12%	#23
25	New World: Aeternum	32,388	67,943	-50%	#10
26	PAYDAY 2	30,200	47,197	-13%	#26
27	War Thunder	29,720	51,210	+2.2%	#32
28	Hearts of Iron IV	29,513	51,051	-3.5%	#30
29	Stardew Valley	28,793	44,044	-14%	#28
30	7 Days to Die	28,664	49,047	-28%	#22
31	DayZ	27,437	47,123	-12%	#29
32	Valheim	25,509	55,169	-15%	#31
33	Garry's Mod	25,214	43,667	-4.4%	#34
34	Project Zomboid	24,627	42,621	-41%	#17
35	Crusader Kings III	24,183	63,144	+98%	#72
36	Euro Truck Simulator 2	23,666	50,065	-13%	#33
37	MONSTER HUNTER RISE	23,516	61,070	-69%	#9
38	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	23,298	42,254	-36%	#25
39	Cyberpunk 2077	21,976	59,061	+51%	#65
40	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	21,393	46,617	-42%	#24
41	VRChat	21,263	35,815	+0.8%	#44
42	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	20,567	35,593	-19%	#37
43	Red Dead Redemption 2	20,446	38,796	-22%	#35
44	World of Tanks Blitz	20,445	49,555	-5.4%	#41
45	Don't Starve Together	19,840	43,406	-13%	#39
46	Cities: Skylines	19,499	31,829	+4.7%	#47
47	Left 4 Dead 2	19,252	34,758	-10%	#42
48	Farming Simulator 22	19,025	44,813	-25%	#36
49	RimWorld	17,980	24,798	-2.5%	#48
50	The Elder Scrolls® Online	17,886	32,209	-9.1%	#46

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.