Steam in August 2024

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Black Myth: Wukong	970,443	2,406,967	new	—
2	Counter-Strike 2	897,338	1,425,958	+2.5%	#1
3	Dota 2	449,798	734,381	-5.4%	#2
4	Banana	406,838	744,712	+10%	#3
5	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	285,247	719,506	-2.8%	#4
6	Apex Legends™	120,009	314,327	+2.8%	#9
7	Grand Theft Auto V	116,181	184,785	+0.5%	#10
8	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	116,180	326,026	-14%	#7
9	Once Human	107,058	194,593	-28%	#6
10	Rust	90,633	172,427	-2.7%	#12
11	ELDEN RING	80,731	162,341	-61%	#5
12	Path of Exile	76,501	163,118	+173%	#35
13	Baldur's Gate 3	66,700	119,687	0%	#15
14	Stardew Valley	65,571	114,626	-21%	#13
15	Call of Duty®	65,542	153,244	-2.4%	#14
16	Team Fortress 2	63,648	97,050	-35%	#11
17	War Thunder	60,840	100,145	+7.3%	#18
18	7 Days to Die	58,564	118,988	+8.9%	#20
19	The First Descendant	54,773	115,700	-57%	#8
20	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	50,272	75,457	-3.5%	#21
21	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	48,209	83,911	-6.2%	#22
22	Crab Game	46,408	61,311	-19%	#17
23	Warframe	45,769	68,005	+4.4%	#23
24	Dead by Daylight	40,880	62,754	+0.6%	#25
25	Hearts of Iron IV	36,278	59,077	+2.7%	#26
26	Destiny 2	35,747	63,464	-42%	#16
27	Governor of Poker	35,334	45,062	+49%	#44
28	Overwatch®	34,632	58,937	+18%	#33
29	DayZ	33,580	59,405	-1.4%	#27
30	The Sims™ 4	31,559	48,404	-3.8%	#29
31	Monster Hunter: World	30,985	69,267	+5.7%	#34
32	VRChat	30,900	46,939	+13%	#36
33	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	28,697	52,178	-32%	#24
34	Terraria	26,699	40,217	-15%	#30
35	Don't Starve Together	26,377	50,227	-13%	#32
36	Palworld	26,180	51,402	-51%	#19
37	Red Dead Redemption 2	25,610	46,985	-17%	#31
38	ARK: Survival Evolved	25,016	41,497	+3.7%	#42
39	Euro Truck Simulator 2	24,885	50,027	-24%	#28
40	HELLDIVERS™ 2	24,574	62,585	+2.7%	#43
41	Cyberpunk 2077	24,480	48,068	-1.9%	#40
42	Unturned	24,160	32,121	-3.9%	#39
43	Project Zomboid	23,231	34,056	-5.3%	#41
44	Garry's Mod	23,125	35,828	-1.7%	#46
45	Left 4 Dead 2	22,684	34,348	-17%	#37
46	Farming Simulator 22	22,169	46,009	-5.9%	#45
47	RimWorld	21,964	31,007	+1.9%	#50
48	Supermarket Together	21,371	47,731	new	—
49	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	20,800	35,564	+18%	#57
50	Lost Ark	19,985	29,740	+1.9%	#52

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.