Steam in September 2025

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	925,940	1,571,060	-0.3%	#1
2	Dota 2	580,821	953,869	+9.1%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	278,096	707,773	-5.9%	#3
4	Hollow Knight: Silksong	191,124	462,134	new	—
5	Borderlands 4	140,297	302,421	new	—
6	Path of Exile 2	121,310	333,360	+380%	#45
7	Delta Force	107,632	246,418	+4.4%	#4
8	Bongo Cat	97,104	136,696	+23%	#8
9	Banana	95,629	122,593	-4%	#7
10	Rust	85,515	152,247	-17%	#5
11	Apex Legends™	83,773	199,203	-18%	#6
12	skate.	70,373	134,458	new	—
13	HELLDIVERS™ 2	68,412	177,327	+69%	#25
14	Marvel Rivals	64,418	131,528	-17%	#9
15	Stardew Valley	58,649	117,743	-22%	#10
16	Grand Theft Auto V	55,605	98,431	-19%	#11
17	Dying Light: The Beast	53,488	120,949	new	—
18	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	51,339	93,669	-17%	#13
19	Hollow Knight	50,742	95,428	+227%	#76
20	Baldur's Gate 3	48,176	89,267	-10%	#16
21	Team Fortress 2	47,673	67,138	+3.4%	#20
22	War Thunder	47,552	88,016	-8.3%	#17
23	Dead by Daylight	47,389	78,689	-20%	#14
24	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	47,131	140,882	-15%	#15
25	No Man's Sky	45,884	110,429	+250%	#91
26	Counter-Strike: Source	40,279	60,896	+1%	#27
27	Warframe	39,492	61,587	-18%	#18
28	VRChat	38,623	58,890	-3.9%	#26
29	Arena Breakout: Infinite	37,206	65,944	new	—
30	DayZ	37,019	68,651	+2.2%	#30
31	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	36,671	72,971	-9.4%	#24
32	Call of Duty®	35,887	63,073	-16%	#23
33	Hearts of Iron IV	34,266	63,734	-9.6%	#29
34	Cyberpunk 2077	32,970	63,411	-30%	#19
35	Megabonk	32,387	81,778	new	—
36	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	32,111	104,744	-17%	#28
37	Limbus Company	31,505	122,556	+10%	#37
38	Overwatch®	30,725	46,341	+13%	#40
39	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	29,694	51,377	-7.1%	#34
40	Red Dead Redemption 2	28,594	57,251	-6.8%	#35
41	RimWorld	28,485	45,541	-36%	#21
42	PEAK	28,271	71,540	-56%	#12
43	EA SPORTS FC 25	26,533	55,698	-38%	#22
44	Don't Starve Together	25,288	66,747	-8.6%	#39
45	7 Days to Die	25,159	48,485	-23%	#32
46	PAYDAY 2	24,577	36,985	-9.2%	#41
47	Palworld	24,290	46,253	-24%	#33
48	Euro Truck Simulator 2	23,802	49,482	-9.2%	#42
49	The Sims™ 4	23,584	39,153	-15%	#38
50	Valheim	22,432	49,088	+43%	#73

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.