Steam in December 2023

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	770,095	1,248,217	+7.8%	#1
2	Dota 2	435,518	802,728	+0.4%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	247,013	623,852	+20%	#3
4	Grand Theft Auto V	145,070	295,651	+65%	#8
5	Apex Legends™	144,448	348,791	-14%	#4
6	Baldur's Gate 3	131,808	258,536	+31%	#5
7	THE FINALS	120,211	242,399	new	—
8	Team Fortress 2	115,016	215,509	+70%	#10
9	Lethal Company	107,897	239,369	+177%	#18
10	Call of Duty®	103,126	161,960	+8%	#6
11	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	97,740	286,647	+4.8%	#7
12	Rust	84,017	143,038	+22%	#9
13	War Thunder	65,774	112,141	+6.6%	#11
14	Path of Exile	60,265	167,593	+346%	#67
15	Warframe	55,599	87,383	+22%	#15
16	Destiny 2	49,451	103,607	+48%	#22
17	Cyberpunk 2077	48,633	88,875	+21%	#17
18	Unturned	48,189	64,089	-6.2%	#13
19	Monster Hunter: World	45,019	128,866	+108%	#40
20	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	44,890	75,495	+9.3%	#16
21	Red Dead Redemption 2	43,421	75,466	+33%	#24
22	Lost Ark	43,365	76,536	-24%	#12
23	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	42,056	62,190	+14%	#20
24	DayZ	37,604	64,044	-1.3%	#19
25	ELDEN RING	33,432	88,401	+24%	#33
26	ARK: Survival Ascended	32,463	63,209	-33%	#14
27	Hearts of Iron IV	32,309	56,234	+6.7%	#26
28	Stardew Valley	31,949	53,605	+11%	#28
29	Dead by Daylight	31,259	50,431	-4.2%	#23
30	Terraria	30,291	57,589	+0.2%	#27
31	Don't Starve Together	30,197	71,186	+10%	#31
32	The Sims™ 4	29,330	48,066	+14%	#35
33	Euro Truck Simulator 2	29,321	58,281	+8.1%	#32
34	7 Days to Die	28,884	53,169	-8.6%	#25
35	Project Zomboid	26,464	41,458	-5.4%	#29
36	Battlefield™ V	26,434	105,302	+62%	#56
37	PAYDAY 2	26,042	45,653	-1.6%	#34
38	ARK: Survival Evolved	26,026	45,768	-24%	#21
39	Left 4 Dead 2	25,823	56,599	+15%	#38
40	MIR4	25,413	28,173	-8%	#30
41	Valheim	23,876	47,942	+20%	#46
42	Geometry Dash	22,827	86,123	+63%	#64
43	VRChat	22,657	37,639	+3.3%	#39
44	Farming Simulator 22	22,066	46,703	-5.4%	#37
45	Overwatch®	20,743	38,536	0%	#42
46	Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader	20,459	37,094	new	—
47	Black Desert	20,182	28,563	+19%	#53
48	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	19,821	35,706	+23%	#57
49	Garry's Mod	19,788	34,888	+4.4%	#50
50	Hunt: Showdown 1896	19,556	39,732	+17%	#54

Their best month ever

Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month; 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.