Steam in July 2025

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	920,070	1,427,300	-8.9%	#1
2	Dota 2	426,673	657,349	+3.8%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	303,261	944,484	-2.1%	#3
4	Bongo Cat	116,214	170,427	-23%	#4
5	Banana	103,989	176,243	+11%	#9
6	Rust	102,159	187,345	+3.8%	#8
7	Delta Force	99,220	198,619	+26%	#12
8	Apex Legends™	90,567	209,736	-15%	#6
9	Stardew Valley	84,944	157,704	+45%	#15
10	Marvel Rivals	82,825	162,931	+3.8%	#11
11	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	74,145	111,052	-7.8%	#10
12	Grand Theft Auto V	69,422	102,267	-3.9%	#13
13	Dead by Daylight	63,537	96,818	+12%	#16
14	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	62,306	217,557	+42%	#25
15	EA SPORTS FC 25	55,444	89,122	+9.9%	#22
16	War Thunder	52,814	85,973	-6.3%	#17
17	PEAK	52,401	113,552	-16%	#14
18	Baldur's Gate 3	51,306	89,719	-5.5%	#19
19	Call of Duty®	51,164	90,230	-7%	#18
20	RimWorld	51,134	95,851	+104%	#51
21	Palworld	50,987	103,829	+66%	#38
22	Dune: Awakening	49,353	114,445	-52%	#7
23	Warframe	48,454	117,575	+12%	#27
24	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	45,167	118,200	-60%	#5
25	7 Days to Die	45,041	82,843	+48%	#39
26	Team Fortress 2	44,977	70,613	+0.5%	#24
27	Path of Exile	43,466	88,896	-15%	#21
28	Cyberpunk 2077	42,498	70,422	+53%	#44
29	Destiny 2	41,220	108,362	+96%	#58
30	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	39,977	66,458	-8.2%	#26
31	VRChat	38,787	57,254	+1.1%	#30
32	Red Dead Redemption 2	38,297	61,175	+18%	#36
33	HELLDIVERS™ 2	37,952	75,108	-29%	#20
34	ELDEN RING	37,736	61,614	+6.5%	#34
35	DayZ	37,207	65,650	-1.4%	#32
36	Hearts of Iron IV	36,256	56,781	-2.2%	#33
37	Umamusume: Pretty Derby	35,846	87,453	new	—
38	R.E.P.O.	33,250	66,317	-13%	#31
39	The Sims™ 4	31,159	46,032	+11%	#43
40	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	30,667	49,480	+7.5%	#42
41	Terraria	30,418	53,239	+16%	#47
42	Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond	29,660	120,224	-29%	#29
43	Geometry Dash	28,408	43,580	-7.8%	#37
44	Don't Starve Together	28,175	58,839	-3.9%	#40
45	Euro Truck Simulator 2	27,132	50,456	+20%	#54
46	Once Human	26,591	46,081	+1.8%	#48
47	Left 4 Dead 2	26,209	41,687	-1.7%	#46
48	PAYDAY 2	25,988	36,394	-6.5%	#45
49	ARK: Survival Ascended	25,880	42,983	+18%	#55
50	NBA 2K25	25,688	45,893	-1%	#49

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.