Steam in January 2023

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 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 January 2023

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	726,150	1,199,684	+15%	#1
2	Dota 2	428,297	764,490	-8.6%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	203,658	465,423	-4.1%	#4
4	Apex Legends™	197,969	413,670	+16%	#6
5	Lost Ark	170,229	333,008	-37%	#3
6	Goose Goose Duck	121,554	701,898	+98%	#11
7	Grand Theft Auto V	110,334	176,528	+3.8%	#7
8	Call of Duty®	102,946	167,294	-42%	#5
9	Rust	95,273	176,710	+11%	#9
10	Team Fortress 2	94,161	135,479	-5.1%	#8
11	ELDEN RING	67,885	106,913	+68%	#19
12	Unturned	66,898	112,648	+23%	#14
13	Destiny 2	63,680	96,428	+2.5%	#10
14	ARK: Survival Evolved	59,718	94,570	+9.4%	#13
15	War Thunder	56,067	88,053	+13%	#16
16	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	52,099	79,650	+12%	#17
17	Valheim	51,223	102,613	-9.1%	#12
18	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	49,378	124,913	-5.9%	#15
19	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	43,693	66,780	+12%	#23
20	Red Dead Redemption 2	42,409	70,787	+8.5%	#22
21	Stardew Valley	40,950	59,095	+44%	#32
22	Warframe	40,671	58,816	+4%	#21
23	Terraria	39,419	61,425	+7.9%	#25
24	PAYDAY 2	38,202	69,105	+16%	#27
25	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	37,137	79,210	-0.5%	#24
26	DayZ	36,227	63,040	+21%	#30
27	Path of Exile	35,556	61,685	-12%	#20
28	Project Zomboid	34,762	52,625	+24%	#33
29	MIR4	33,634	36,794	+0.2%	#26
30	Dead by Daylight	33,615	51,637	+2.8%	#28
31	Left 4 Dead 2	31,603	58,545	+17%	#35
32	The Sims™ 4	31,054	49,952	+8.8%	#31
33	Hearts of Iron IV	29,746	48,063	+11%	#36
34	New World: Aeternum	28,509	49,914	-32%	#18
35	7 Days to Die	28,058	47,288	+19%	#38
36	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	27,140	47,992	+47%	#48
37	Cyberpunk 2077	26,880	43,719	-4.3%	#34
38	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	25,855	41,990	+9.2%	#37
39	Euro Truck Simulator 2	25,413	55,166	+11%	#40
40	Garry's Mod	25,203	45,181	+9%	#39
41	Cities: Skylines	23,836	41,225	+22%	#45
42	Don't Starve Together	23,162	48,661	+6.2%	#43
43	RimWorld	23,151	31,951	+2.3%	#42
44	VRChat	22,347	46,509	+7.5%	#44
45	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	21,487	36,560	-5.9%	#41
46	The Forest	19,851	48,677	+14%	#51
47	Total War: WARHAMMER III	19,608	30,138	+9.5%	#49
48	Black Desert	18,743	25,592	+12%	#53
49	Farming Simulator 22	18,299	38,964	-2.2%	#47
50	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	18,066	34,945	-6.1%	#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.