Steam in December 2025

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	991,177	1,620,137	+1%	#1
2	Dota 2	594,290	903,542	+1.8%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	279,406	751,295	+0.5%	#3
4	ARC Raiders	229,374	438,427	-13%	#4
5	Bongo Cat	111,142	178,015	+28%	#10
6	Rust	105,484	174,558	+7.4%	#7
7	Battlefield™ 6	89,597	184,814	-60%	#5
8	Where Winds Meet	88,757	175,359	-42%	#6
9	Warframe	86,045	173,377	+49%	#16
10	Grand Theft Auto V	81,832	136,591	+32%	#15
11	Path of Exile 2	79,436	290,305	+547%	#103
12	Apex Legends™	78,781	191,112	-12%	#9
13	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	77,810	151,971	+64%	#20
14	Marvel Rivals	75,492	152,267	+16%	#13
15	Delta Force	69,896	163,797	-23%	#8
16	War Thunder	60,552	119,540	+12%	#17
17	Stardew Valley	58,487	139,162	+8.3%	#18
18	Banana	58,408	95,017	-27%	#11
19	Geometry Dash	54,145	94,351	+42%	#28
20	Team Fortress 2	52,408	92,856	+15%	#22
21	Baldur's Gate 3	52,246	107,963	+15%	#23
22	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	46,765	133,355	+162%	#68
23	Call of Duty®	44,254	73,143	-0.1%	#24
24	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	43,066	82,740	+14%	#30
25	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	40,934	139,531	-7.3%	#25
26	VRChat	40,454	69,378	-1.6%	#27
27	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	39,975	67,233	+25%	#34
28	Cyberpunk 2077	38,704	61,506	+49%	#46
29	Dead by Daylight	38,628	57,962	-18%	#21
30	Red Dead Redemption 2	36,566	60,836	+3.3%	#32
31	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	36,552	68,520	+46%	#47
32	Hearts of Iron IV	36,160	65,361	-5.1%	#29
33	Palworld	35,921	75,103	+21%	#36
34	Total War: WARHAMMER III	34,997	64,158	+77%	#64
35	Euro Truck Simulator 2	34,569	69,237	+23%	#40
36	DayZ	34,513	61,758	+0.4%	#33
37	HELLDIVERS™ 2	34,475	68,577	+56%	#56
38	Football Manager 26	33,616	57,928	-23%	#26
39	Monster Hunter Wilds	32,271	122,339	+90%	#76
40	Project Zomboid	30,202	57,263	+37%	#57
41	Destiny 2	29,834	70,905	+137%	#102
42	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	29,758	50,535	-2.2%	#35
43	Overwatch®	29,448	51,561	+8.1%	#43
44	R.E.P.O.	28,087	86,423	-47%	#19
45	ELDEN RING	27,400	53,064	+25%	#58
46	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	27,272	56,529	+107%	#97
47	Don't Starve Together	26,603	72,221	-2.8%	#42
48	World of Warships	26,307	41,126	+101%	#98
49	Terraria	25,807	49,495	+16%	#54
50	PAYDAY 2	25,405	33,967	+24%	#61

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.