Steam in August 2025

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	928,429	1,502,245	+0.9%	#1
2	Dota 2	532,355	818,732	+25%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	295,504	724,503	-2.6%	#3
4	Delta Force	103,144	210,413	+4%	#7
5	Rust	103,018	190,383	+0.8%	#6
6	Apex Legends™	101,673	248,781	+12%	#8
7	Banana	99,608	158,637	-4.2%	#5
8	Bongo Cat	78,904	129,335	-32%	#4
9	Marvel Rivals	77,502	149,457	-6.4%	#10
10	Stardew Valley	74,886	135,679	-12%	#9
11	Grand Theft Auto V	68,246	109,253	-1.7%	#12
12	PEAK	64,798	169,910	+24%	#17
13	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	61,650	100,140	-17%	#11
14	Dead by Daylight	59,522	104,570	-6.3%	#13
15	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	55,380	165,613	-11%	#14
16	Baldur's Gate 3	53,730	94,332	+4.7%	#18
17	War Thunder	51,837	83,407	-1.8%	#16
18	Warframe	48,090	69,171	-0.8%	#23
19	Cyberpunk 2077	47,414	83,863	+12%	#28
20	Team Fortress 2	46,106	62,083	+2.5%	#26
21	RimWorld	44,614	75,236	-13%	#20
22	EA SPORTS FC 25	42,760	73,751	-23%	#15
23	Call of Duty®	42,586	70,483	-17%	#19
24	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	40,497	79,692	+1.3%	#30
25	HELLDIVERS™ 2	40,433	163,085	+6.5%	#33
26	VRChat	40,172	59,212	+3.6%	#31
27	Counter-Strike: Source	39,897	58,458	+75%	#53
28	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	38,515	95,764	-15%	#24
29	Hearts of Iron IV	37,893	61,012	+4.5%	#36
30	DayZ	36,213	64,421	-2.7%	#35
31	Destiny 2	34,575	74,961	-16%	#29
32	7 Days to Die	32,469	63,047	-28%	#25
33	Palworld	32,059	61,567	-37%	#21
34	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	31,957	52,803	+4.2%	#40
35	Red Dead Redemption 2	30,677	54,558	-20%	#32
36	ELDEN RING	30,038	50,646	-20%	#34
37	Limbus Company	28,630	87,314	+23%	#52
38	The Sims™ 4	27,907	44,771	-10%	#39
39	Don't Starve Together	27,655	56,942	-1.8%	#44
40	Overwatch®	27,288	58,060	+24%	#58
41	PAYDAY 2	27,056	34,218	+4.1%	#48
42	Euro Truck Simulator 2	26,215	54,442	-3.4%	#45
43	Terraria	25,977	41,350	-15%	#41
44	Umamusume: Pretty Derby	25,712	47,327	-28%	#37
45	Path of Exile 2	25,261	352,104	+221%	#142
46	Geometry Dash	25,087	38,009	-12%	#43
47	Left 4 Dead 2	22,482	36,645	-14%	#47
48	Once Human	22,450	39,301	-16%	#46
49	R.E.P.O.	22,138	43,812	-33%	#38
50	Project Zomboid	21,528	33,479	-4.1%	#55

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.