Steam in July 2026

The month’s most played games by average concurrent players, with the change on June 2026.

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 2026

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	853,232	1,420,896	-6.9%	#1
2	Dota 2	545,528	860,019	+17%	#2
3	Palworld	404,614	956,613	+1,407%	#43
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	327,150	792,142	+3.2%	#4
5	TBH: Task Bar Hero	288,455	488,039	-34%	#3
6	Bongo Cat	152,975	187,676	+3.5%	#6
7	Rust	105,149	194,484	+1%	#8
8	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	101,932	159,730	+38%	#11
9	Apex Legends™	97,485	214,120	-6.7%	#7
10	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	94,037	155,966	+235%	#40
11	Marvel Rivals	84,281	196,974	+21%	#13
12	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	74,563	160,737	+47%	#21
13	Delta Force	71,627	143,820	+5.8%	#15
14	Dead by Daylight	70,813	121,937	-0.4%	#12
15	Grand Theft Auto V	68,906	102,170	+0.7%	#14
16	Slay the Spire 2	67,718	124,547	-17%	#9
17	Stardew Valley	67,231	125,051	+15%	#20
18	Warframe	59,096	157,162	-0.3%	#19
19	Cyberpunk 2077	53,895	101,348	+57%	#33
20	Path of Exile 2	52,968	125,475	-69%	#5
21	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	51,291	75,845	-18%	#17
22	Destiny 2	49,766	93,088	-26%	#16
23	War Thunder	49,577	81,949	+0.9%	#23
24	Overwatch®	48,749	74,964	-19%	#18
25	Team Fortress 2	47,820	67,731	+6.6%	#24
26	Geometry Dash	46,974	69,815	-6.9%	#22
27	VRChat	45,107	63,891	+0.6%	#25
28	Baldur's Gate 3	44,808	78,225	+13%	#27
29	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	41,890	126,070	+56%	#42
30	Limbus Company	40,423	157,444	+4.2%	#28
31	Battlefield™ 6	40,120	84,038	+19%	#34
32	Hearts of Iron IV	39,166	62,973	+1.8%	#29
33	Don't Starve Together	37,724	100,058	-6.9%	#26
34	DayZ	36,649	64,772	0%	#31
35	7 Days to Die	33,238	64,791	+32%	#47
36	Red Dead Redemption 2	32,709	52,264	+32%	#49
37	ARK: Survival Ascended	31,064	49,602	+30%	#54
38	Terraria	30,870	48,974	+15%	#44
39	Football Manager 26	30,792	51,678	+1.7%	#36
40	PAYDAY 2	30,014	36,062	+4.2%	#39
41	Project Zomboid	29,950	86,205	+21%	#50
42	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	29,623	48,589	+1.8%	#38
43	Euro Truck Simulator 2	29,440	55,152	+25%	#55
44	Call of Duty®	29,124	52,460	-3.8%	#37
45	ELDEN RING	29,120	46,694	-7.7%	#35
46	Forza Horizon 6	28,954	63,652	-63%	#10
47	ARC Raiders	28,662	50,024	-20%	#32
48	RimWorld	28,620	42,137	+5.4%	#41
49	Left 4 Dead 2	28,034	45,681	+16%	#52
50	Granblue Fantasy: Relink	27,754	89,585	+992%	—

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.