Steam in January 2025

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on December 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 January 2025

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	914,092	1,594,016	0%	#1
2	Dota 2	446,491	719,825	+2%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	307,550	786,821	-4.2%	#3
4	Marvel Rivals	306,066	642,333	+9.5%	#5
5	Path of Exile 2	190,494	353,966	-37%	#4
6	Grand Theft Auto V	129,120	211,328	+4.8%	#6
7	Rust	124,496	259,646	+11%	#7
8	Banana	99,397	195,279	-4.6%	#8
9	Palworld	97,429	208,927	+77%	#19
10	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	85,473	239,741	-18%	#9
11	Delta Force	73,111	131,036	+0.1%	#12
12	Stardew Valley	72,808	129,558	+9.6%	#14
13	Apex Legends™	69,580	153,693	-6.2%	#11
14	Baldur's Gate 3	66,435	122,720	+8.2%	#16
15	War Thunder	62,800	105,873	+0.3%	#15
16	Call of Duty®	61,340	111,472	-34%	#10
17	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	56,016	95,600	+18%	#20
18	Warframe	53,439	74,296	-4.9%	#18
19	EA SPORTS FC 25	53,170	108,534	+19%	#23
20	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	49,599	79,575	+5.3%	#22
21	ELDEN RING	49,013	83,919	+34%	#29
22	Team Fortress 2	47,976	80,723	-30%	#13
23	HELLDIVERS™ 2	46,839	94,361	-17%	#17
24	Cyberpunk 2077	43,017	71,962	+0.3%	#25
25	DayZ	40,048	71,221	+5.9%	#27
26	Hearts of Iron IV	39,857	67,923	+0.8%	#26
27	Red Dead Redemption 2	39,036	86,405	+15%	#31
28	Crab Game	38,585	54,566	+2.7%	#28
29	VRChat	37,657	66,673	+10%	#30
30	Project Zomboid	36,838	57,471	+21%	#39
31	Black Myth: Wukong	33,603	80,593	-23%	#24
32	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	32,154	67,482	+36%	#52
33	Euro Truck Simulator 2	31,856	65,899	-5.6%	#33
34	The Sims™ 4	31,540	50,995	+13%	#43
35	Don't Starve Together	31,071	65,033	-1.5%	#34
36	Dead by Daylight	30,522	44,111	-2.7%	#35
37	Balatro	29,741	43,825	+39%	#56
38	DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS	29,186	69,318	new	—
39	Terraria	29,152	47,706	+1.2%	#40
40	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	29,134	44,078	+7.1%	#46
41	Once Human	28,781	49,221	-5.3%	#38
42	Throne and Liberty	28,270	53,587	-40%	#21
43	ARK: Survival Evolved	26,844	43,631	+9.1%	#49
44	Lost Ark	26,813	40,645	+20%	#53
45	7 Days to Die	26,806	42,975	+11%	#50
46	Left 4 Dead 2	26,583	41,486	-2.8%	#44
47	Monster Hunter: World	26,060	55,558	-16%	#36
48	PAYDAY 2	24,914	35,455	-8.4%	#45
49	Total War: WARHAMMER III	24,552	41,190	-9.7%	#47
50	Valheim	24,383	49,990	+9.4%	#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 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.