Steam in May 2024

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

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 May 2024

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	958,207	1,614,925	+3%	#1
2	Dota 2	512,919	943,059	+12%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	271,364	693,105	-3.4%	#3
4	Apex Legends™	167,424	425,742	+0.4%	#4
5	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	100,826	312,137	-7.8%	#7
6	Grand Theft Auto V	92,748	152,030	-2.8%	#8
7	Stardew Valley	89,017	175,581	-26%	#6
8	Rust	82,374	153,662	+1.8%	#11
9	Fallout 4	76,865	167,779	+30%	#15
10	Call of Duty®	74,180	129,056	-15%	#10
11	Destiny 2	72,527	116,100	+21%	#14
12	Team Fortress 2	72,179	99,995	+11%	#13
13	HELLDIVERS™ 2	65,221	125,574	-54%	#5
14	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	60,581	100,331	-34%	#9
15	Baldur's Gate 3	59,253	108,235	-12%	#12
16	Lost Ark	55,778	94,636	+5.9%	#18
17	Crab Game	54,969	69,448	-2.3%	#16
18	War Thunder	54,038	89,931	+0.7%	#17
19	Unturned	52,774	68,749	+6.8%	#21
20	ELDEN RING	44,657	82,749	+7%	#24
21	V Rising	44,562	132,519	+1,334%	—
22	Warframe	43,020	70,135	-14%	#20
23	Hades II	41,375	102,386	new	—
24	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	39,686	70,425	-2.7%	#25
25	Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT	38,454	77,154	new	—
26	Dead by Daylight	35,825	62,610	+8.4%	#28
27	Hearts of Iron IV	35,289	62,760	-4.5%	#26
28	Total War: WARHAMMER III	35,240	73,974	+72%	#51
29	7 Days to Die	34,659	89,886	+27%	#36
30	Monster Hunter: World	33,494	88,495	-23%	#23
31	DayZ	33,209	58,693	-6.9%	#27
32	Valheim	32,663	81,458	+103%	#63
33	Fallout 76	30,125	59,975	+17%	#37
34	Governor of Poker	30,064	44,899	+3.1%	#32
35	Overwatch®	28,626	51,505	-3.7%	#31
36	The Sims™ 4	28,114	45,255	-1.9%	#33
37	RimWorld	27,322	46,527	-17%	#29
38	Don't Starve Together	25,164	55,378	+12%	#46
39	VRChat	25,131	42,603	+0.8%	#39
40	Manor Lords	24,691	96,271	new	—
41	Terraria	24,491	42,890	-11%	#35
42	Euro Truck Simulator 2	23,932	50,609	-0.1%	#41
43	Farming Simulator 22	23,873	57,185	+15%	#50
44	PAYDAY 2	23,213	34,887	-1.4%	#42
45	Red Dead Redemption 2	22,851	41,324	-18%	#34
46	Cyberpunk 2077	22,409	42,906	-13%	#38
47	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	22,198	35,581	-1.9%	#44
48	ARK: Survival Evolved	21,754	38,243	-1.4%	#47
49	Gray Zone Warfare	21,569	71,503	new	—
50	Palworld	20,202	44,980	-55%	#22

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.