Steam in May 2025

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

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 2025

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,038,597	1,712,216	-0.7%	#1
2	Dota 2	408,988	657,074	+4%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	305,253	804,674	-3.8%	#3
4	Bongo Cat	139,811	193,859	+31%	#8
5	Apex Legends™	134,647	262,219	+26%	#7
6	Rust	105,523	203,367	+7.9%	#10
7	Marvel Rivals	102,116	189,945	-24%	#5
8	Banana	101,073	125,176	+3.5%	#11
9	Delta Force	74,249	154,488	+35%	#21
10	Baldur's Gate 3	72,841	140,690	+1.9%	#13
11	Grand Theft Auto V	66,338	115,706	+16%	#18
12	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	63,898	144,901	-4.6%	#15
13	R.E.P.O.	60,365	134,246	-42%	#9
14	HELLDIVERS™ 2	60,291	162,997	+116%	#36
15	Call of Duty®	59,989	111,680	-14%	#14
16	War Thunder	57,740	107,400	+3.1%	#20
17	Stardew Valley	54,791	100,604	-5.8%	#17
18	EA SPORTS FC 25	52,226	95,710	+15%	#23
19	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	51,868	151,752	-9.4%	#19
20	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	51,085	88,409	-18%	#16
21	Schedule I	45,811	124,957	-74%	#4
22	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	45,229	86,303	-0.4%	#24
23	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered	43,491	140,837	new	—
24	Warframe	43,464	73,021	-6.4%	#22
25	Dead by Daylight	42,187	82,506	+1.8%	#25
26	Team Fortress 2	41,675	59,650	+2.4%	#26
27	VRChat	37,308	55,832	+3.7%	#29
28	Hearts of Iron IV	36,795	67,088	+6.1%	#32
29	FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time	36,284	65,347	new	—
30	DayZ	35,310	63,516	-2.5%	#27
31	Monster Hunter Wilds	34,942	149,903	-69%	#6
32	V Rising	34,161	76,601	+385%	#137
33	Path of Exile 2	33,895	75,273	-63%	#12
34	Once Human	33,834	58,733	+42%	#44
35	ELDEN RING	33,345	55,927	-4.9%	#30
36	Red Dead Redemption 2	32,330	61,466	-7.6%	#31
37	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	28,447	50,490	+27%	#47
38	NBA 2K25	28,085	56,395	+34%	#52
39	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	27,873	47,490	-1.1%	#35
40	Destiny 2	27,372	59,826	+20%	#46
41	The Sims™ 4	27,351	45,705	-6%	#34
42	Geometry Dash	27,231	49,414	+38%	#56
43	Cyberpunk 2077	26,858	57,605	+7.7%	#40
44	Terraria	25,858	49,056	-0.7%	#38
45	Overwatch®	25,846	40,006	+0.1%	#39
46	Don't Starve Together	24,931	55,319	-9.5%	#37
47	7 Days to Die	23,818	42,687	+0.7%	#45
48	ARK: Survival Evolved	23,453	41,042	+5.3%	#48
49	RimWorld	23,300	34,564	-3.6%	#43
50	Euro Truck Simulator 2	22,760	47,096	-8.7%	#41

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.