Steam in October 2025

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	948,244	1,588,091	+2.4%	#1
2	Dota 2	538,998	858,940	-7.2%	#2
3	Battlefield™ 6	311,140	656,067	new	—
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	266,559	750,442	-4.1%	#3
5	Escape from Duckov 逃离鸭科夫	111,348	301,322	new	—
6	Delta Force	100,516	233,784	-6.6%	#7
7	Rust	97,411	178,836	+14%	#10
8	Banana	88,903	120,346	-7%	#9
9	Bongo Cat	88,033	125,794	-9.3%	#8
10	Apex Legends™	73,654	181,156	-12%	#11
11	Marvel Rivals	63,716	127,557	-1.1%	#14
12	Megabonk	61,407	116,969	+90%	#35
13	Stardew Valley	61,169	131,695	+4.3%	#15
14	Hollow Knight: Silksong	58,328	140,519	-69%	#4
15	Grand Theft Auto V	57,282	108,952	+3%	#16
16	Dead by Daylight	51,461	90,008	+8.6%	#23
17	War Thunder	50,445	94,871	+6.1%	#22
18	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	49,262	180,718	+4.5%	#24
19	Baldur's Gate 3	46,881	87,229	-2.7%	#20
20	Warframe	45,257	86,545	+15%	#27
21	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	45,051	94,660	new	—
22	Team Fortress 2	44,427	82,862	-6.8%	#21
23	Call of Duty®	40,812	99,072	+14%	#32
24	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	39,581	75,808	+7.9%	#31
25	Blue Protocol: Star Resonance	38,407	83,331	new	—
26	VRChat	38,207	58,939	-1.1%	#28
27	Path of Exile 2	36,444	85,839	-70%	#6
28	Hades II	36,119	82,924	+141%	#85
29	Arena Breakout: Infinite	35,948	64,757	-3.4%	#29
30	DayZ	35,932	68,609	-2.9%	#30
31	Borderlands 4	35,452	96,684	-75%	#5
32	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	35,219	63,002	-31%	#18
33	Monster Hunter Wilds	34,976	109,347	+133%	#84
34	Hearts of Iron IV	34,871	64,969	+1.8%	#33
35	Red Dead Redemption 2	32,642	62,901	+14%	#40
36	Cyberpunk 2077	31,692	67,536	-3.9%	#34
37	Limbus Company	31,367	66,962	-0.4%	#37
38	Digimon Story Time Stranger	29,988	83,857	new	—
39	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	29,917	54,025	+0.8%	#39
40	HELLDIVERS™ 2	29,526	61,493	-57%	#13
41	Overwatch®	29,233	50,626	-4.9%	#38
42	Don't Starve Together	28,040	67,041	+11%	#44
43	Euro Truck Simulator 2	27,815	60,157	+17%	#48
44	skate.	27,718	75,919	-61%	#12
45	Palworld	27,564	51,248	+13%	#47
46	RimWorld	25,540	39,257	-10%	#41
47	Hollow Knight	23,753	48,878	-53%	#19
48	World of Warships	23,470	38,391	+35%	#67
49	The Sims™ 4	23,283	41,350	-1.3%	#49
50	PAYDAY 2	23,164	35,373	-5.7%	#46

Their best month ever

Games that never had more players on average than this month, after two years or more.

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month; 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.