Steam in July 2023

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

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 July 2023

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	881,691	1,222,913	-19%	#1
2	Dota 2	438,510	702,381	+4.1%	#2
3	Apex Legends™	166,199	349,762	-12%	#3
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	163,508	356,738	-0.6%	#4
5	Team Fortress 2	118,907	253,225	+77%	#7
6	Grand Theft Auto V	116,998	180,937	+2.1%	#5
7	Rust	95,646	182,335	+4%	#6
8	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	78,771	264,406	+100%	#17
9	Unturned	61,813	71,195	+11%	#10
10	Call of Duty®	60,629	86,278	-6.8%	#8
11	7 Days to Die	53,997	96,208	+66%	#21
12	War Thunder	52,519	77,668	-1.5%	#11
13	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	49,432	70,979	+8.9%	#12
14	ARK: Survival Evolved	48,257	72,446	+9.5%	#14
15	Destiny 2	47,402	87,620	-24%	#9
16	Terraria	45,505	68,151	+42%	#22
17	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	45,240	71,580	+24%	#18
18	BattleBit Remastered	43,409	82,032	-4%	#13
19	Dead by Daylight	41,153	66,799	+2.6%	#16
20	Warframe	38,412	61,112	-12%	#15
21	Stardew Valley	37,569	53,687	+26%	#26
22	DAVE THE DIVER	36,868	98,281	+1,969%	—
23	ELDEN RING	35,294	56,698	+68%	#36
24	DayZ	35,001	58,774	+5.4%	#20
25	Left 4 Dead 2	34,799	65,990	+67%	#37
26	Hearts of Iron IV	33,695	50,431	+8.1%	#24
27	Red Dead Redemption 2	32,490	53,929	+30%	#30
28	PAYDAY 2	30,477	54,359	+41%	#34
29	The Sims™ 4	29,779	43,580	+12%	#28
30	MIR4	29,742	32,735	-3%	#25
31	Project Zomboid	28,756	41,075	+25%	#32
32	Don't Starve Together	28,668	56,705	-2.1%	#27
33	Garry's Mod	26,702	39,463	+11%	#31
34	Black Desert	25,126	34,281	+61%	#49
35	Euro Truck Simulator 2	24,760	43,789	+19%	#38
36	Lost Ark	24,390	41,813	-23%	#23
37	VRChat	23,661	38,319	+4.6%	#33
38	Hunt: Showdown 1896	23,526	43,386	+46%	#48
39	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	23,066	35,892	+14%	#39
40	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	22,851	37,518	+6.3%	#35
41	Street Fighter™ 6	21,479	39,834	-37%	#19
42	Farlight 84	21,023	36,031	-17%	#29
43	RimWorld	20,756	28,545	+19%	#44
44	Total War: WARHAMMER III	19,062	30,855	+5.9%	#42
45	Farming Simulator 22	19,054	42,600	+14%	#46
46	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	18,941	32,460	+35%	#59
47	Cyberpunk 2077	18,886	31,956	+28%	#54
48	Deep Rock Galactic	18,789	34,474	+5.5%	#43
49	Valheim	18,598	34,558	+24%	#53
50	Cities: Skylines	18,469	30,719	+1%	#41

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.