Most played on Steam in 2023

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 2023

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	879,418	1,802,853	+46%	#1
2	Dota 2	429,803	855,495	-7.8%	#2
3	Apex Legends™	198,810	624,473	+6.1%	#5
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	195,112	623,852	-5%	#4
5	Grand Theft Auto V	101,984	295,651	+9.3%	#6
6	Baldur's Gate 3	94,121	875,343	+5,424%	—
7	Team Fortress 2	88,186	253,225	+1.6%	#8
8	Rust	83,556	182,335	+4.5%	#9
9	Call of Duty®	78,635	190,273	+87%	#15
10	Lost Ark	68,905	333,008	-77%	#3
11	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	68,103	295,419	+31%	#12
12	Destiny 2	65,007	316,651	-0.7%	#10
13	War Thunder	57,732	114,806	+42%	#16
14	Unturned	56,112	112,648	+50%	#20
15	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	46,481	95,149	+22%	#19
16	Warframe	44,475	115,322	+16%	#18
17	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	43,208	81,217	+12%	#17
18	ARK: Survival Evolved	42,629	94,570	-24%	#11
19	Hogwarts Legacy	36,420	527,652	new	—
20	ELDEN RING	34,948	106,913	-60%	#7
21	DayZ	34,245	69,372	+19%	#28
22	Terraria	33,942	68,151	-1.8%	#23
23	Dead by Daylight	33,513	87,747	-7.9%	#22
24	Path of Exile	32,690	209,526	+40%	#33
25	Stardew Valley	32,645	59,095	+14%	#29
26	Hearts of Iron IV	31,277	78,086	+5.4%	#27
27	Cyberpunk 2077	31,210	273,990	+41%	#34
28	Red Dead Redemption 2	30,600	77,335	+46%	#39
29	MIR4	30,483	37,948	-34%	#13
30	7 Days to Die	28,774	96,208	+18%	#32
31	PAYDAY 2	27,910	69,634	-15%	#24
32	Project Zomboid	27,829	59,562	+30%	#37
33	The Sims™ 4	27,362	54,638	+47%	#45
34	Goose Goose Duck	26,917	701,898	+250%	#90
35	Don't Starve Together	26,140	114,109	+37%	#43
36	Left 4 Dead 2	25,141	85,147	+35%	#44
37	Euro Truck Simulator 2	24,270	69,695	+13%	#35
38	Valheim	23,799	102,613	+11%	#36
39	VRChat	22,015	46,509	+5.4%	#40
40	Garry's Mod	21,999	45,181	-10%	#31
41	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	21,537	47,992	-12%	#30
42	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	20,797	41,990	+3.8%	#42
43	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	19,935	72,871	-53%	#14
44	Total War: WARHAMMER III	19,558	73,613	-7.5%	#38
45	Farming Simulator 22	19,416	53,777	+9.4%	#48
46	RimWorld	19,134	31,951	-6.2%	#41
47	Monster Hunter: World	18,991	128,866	+40%	#62
48	Starfield	18,977	330,597	new	—
49	New World: Aeternum	18,848	77,642	-39%	#25
50	Black Desert	18,155	34,281	+21%	#56

Biggest launches of 2023

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.