Steam in August 2023

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike: Global Offensivenow Counter-Strike 2	922,153	1,369,511	+4.6%	#1
2	Baldur's Gate 3	450,982	875,343	+3,737%	#75
3	Dota 2	444,319	855,495	+1.3%	#2
4	Apex Legends™	188,892	451,223	+14%	#3
5	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	180,373	397,857	+10%	#4
6	Grand Theft Auto V	103,806	170,280	-11%	#6
7	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	93,011	225,542	+18%	#8
8	Team Fortress 2	91,713	113,761	-23%	#5
9	ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™	88,451	156,022	new	—
10	Rust	83,464	172,249	-13%	#7
11	Call of Duty®	64,866	111,913	+7%	#10
12	Unturned	58,437	67,996	-5.5%	#9
13	War Thunder	53,688	87,109	+2.2%	#12
14	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	51,906	83,901	+5%	#13
15	Destiny 2	48,823	126,261	+3%	#15
16	VPet	46,326	85,283	new	—
17	ARK: Survival Evolved	41,531	66,034	-14%	#14
18	Path of Exile	41,183	165,243	+211%	#67
19	Warframe	39,583	77,361	+3%	#20
20	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	39,201	64,578	-13%	#17
21	Dead by Daylight	36,085	56,455	-12%	#19
22	Terraria	35,811	53,700	-21%	#16
23	7 Days to Die	34,593	64,588	-36%	#11
24	Stardew Valley	34,521	53,949	-8.1%	#21
25	Hearts of Iron IV	32,581	50,123	-3.3%	#26
26	DayZ	32,244	56,657	-7.9%	#24
27	REMNANT II®	30,304	83,435	new	—
28	PAYDAY 2	29,462	51,177	-3.3%	#28
29	MIR4	29,005	31,720	-2.5%	#30
30	Overwatch®	28,327	75,361	new	—
31	Red Dead Redemption 2	28,249	51,519	-13%	#27
32	Don't Starve Together	27,948	58,368	-2.5%	#32
33	ELDEN RING	27,706	45,933	-21%	#23
34	Phasmophobia	27,546	86,124	+86%	#61
35	The Sims™ 4	26,430	41,663	-11%	#29
36	Lost Ark	26,146	47,514	+7.2%	#36
37	Euro Truck Simulator 2	25,057	50,607	+1.2%	#35
38	Left 4 Dead 2	24,374	37,223	-30%	#25
39	Project Zomboid	24,058	34,810	-16%	#31
40	Garry's Mod	23,971	36,844	-10%	#33
41	VRChat	22,395	37,420	-5.4%	#37
42	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	21,975	35,317	-4.7%	#39
43	HoloCure - Save the Fans!	21,793	45,173	new	—
44	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	21,341	35,044	-6.6%	#40
45	Farming Simulator 22	20,964	45,296	+10%	#45
46	Black Desert	20,130	28,431	-20%	#34
47	RimWorld	18,851	28,384	-9.2%	#43
48	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	18,576	38,579	+4.1%	#52
49	Farlight 84	18,562	32,301	-12%	#42
50	Fallout 4	17,499	27,730	-2.2%	#51

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.