Steam in January 2024

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 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 January 2024

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Palworld	1,146,060	2,101,535	new	—
2	Counter-Strike 2	760,859	1,277,907	-1.2%	#1
3	Dota 2	440,229	736,488	+1.1%	#2
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	249,558	587,152	+1%	#3
5	Baldur's Gate 3	160,229	297,492	+22%	#6
6	Apex Legends™	146,164	344,621	+1.2%	#5
7	Grand Theft Auto V	123,806	218,773	-15%	#4
8	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	97,710	293,291	0%	#11
9	Lethal Company	94,513	203,632	-12%	#9
10	Team Fortress 2	94,137	179,882	-18%	#8
11	Rust	90,065	190,886	+7.2%	#12
12	Enshrouded	89,629	160,361	new	—
13	Call of Duty®	89,144	144,838	-14%	#10
14	Monster Hunter: World	76,513	162,987	+70%	#19
15	War Thunder	66,052	105,330	+0.4%	#13
16	Warframe	64,767	94,593	+16%	#15
17	THE FINALS	60,179	116,913	-50%	#7
18	ELDEN RING	54,180	99,007	+62%	#25
19	Unturned	52,386	63,843	+8.7%	#18
20	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	50,275	83,645	+20%	#23
21	Path of Exile	46,949	93,689	-22%	#14
22	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	46,290	76,337	+3.1%	#20
23	DayZ	40,709	73,336	+8.3%	#24
24	Red Dead Redemption 2	39,353	72,729	-9.4%	#21
25	Stardew Valley	39,083	58,773	+22%	#28
26	Destiny 2	39,012	58,769	-21%	#16
27	Cyberpunk 2077	38,654	72,853	-21%	#17
28	Lost Ark	35,018	61,791	-19%	#22
29	TEKKEN 8	34,831	46,139	new	—
30	Hearts of Iron IV	33,619	56,874	+4.1%	#27
31	Terraria	32,927	54,281	+8.7%	#30
32	The Sims™ 4	32,261	49,988	+10%	#32
33	Don't Starve Together	31,293	69,583	+3.6%	#31
34	7 Days to Die	29,884	53,197	+3.5%	#34
35	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	29,799	46,029	new	—
36	Left 4 Dead 2	29,346	58,686	+14%	#39
37	Euro Truck Simulator 2	28,605	58,929	-2.4%	#33
38	Dead by Daylight	28,344	42,401	-9.3%	#29
39	Geometry Dash	28,016	47,127	+23%	#42
40	Project Zomboid	28,013	44,568	+5.9%	#35
41	Valheim	26,949	54,453	+13%	#41
42	PAYDAY 2	26,256	45,479	+0.8%	#37
43	ARK: Survival Evolved	25,219	41,787	-3.1%	#38
44	MIR4	25,200	28,347	-0.8%	#40
45	VRChat	24,131	51,321	+6.5%	#43
46	Farming Simulator 22	22,738	48,570	+3%	#44
47	Garry's Mod	22,024	38,297	+11%	#49
48	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	21,437	37,595	+8.2%	#48
49	Battlefield™ V	21,115	69,779	-20%	#36
50	ARK: Survival Ascended	20,994	40,555	-35%	#26

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.