Steam in August 2026

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	825,258	1,331,274	-3.3%	#1
2	Dota 2	617,078	981,123	+13%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	321,321	771,621	-1.8%	#4
4	Palworld	241,576	599,628	-40%	#3
5	How to Fish	148,647	373,887	new	—
6	Bongo Cat	144,053	181,650	-5.8%	#6
7	Apex Legends™	127,651	291,356	+31%	#9
8	TBH: Task Bar Hero	107,511	199,043	-63%	#5
9	Rust	99,323	196,181	-5.5%	#7
10	Marvel Rivals	80,129	144,922	-4.9%	#11
11	Project Zomboid	76,861	124,506	+157%	#41
12	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	75,649	137,146	-26%	#8
13	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	73,348	118,802	-22%	#10
14	Slay the Spire 2	63,728	105,197	-5.9%	#16
15	Delta Force	63,693	131,021	-11%	#13
16	Grand Theft Auto V	62,370	96,078	-9.5%	#15
17	Stardew Valley	62,132	111,665	-7.6%	#17
18	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	60,595	102,757	+18%	#21
19	Dead by Daylight	57,800	99,887	-18%	#14
20	Overwatch®	56,684	100,564	+16%	#24
21	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	55,694	100,696	-25%	#12
22	Warframe	54,456	76,616	-7.9%	#18
23	HELLDIVERS™ 2	52,422	144,799	+96%	#51
24	War Thunder	50,920	87,202	+2.7%	#23
25	Team Fortress 2	50,286	63,267	+5.2%	#25
26	Baldur's Gate 3	49,972	83,011	+12%	#28
27	VRChat	46,798	64,781	+3.7%	#27
28	Cyberpunk 2077	45,728	82,779	-15%	#19
29	Battlefield™ 6	42,861	79,822	+6.8%	#31
30	PEAK	41,949	122,714	+212%	#90
31	Geometry Dash	41,655	61,801	-11%	#26
32	Path of Exile	40,243	105,574	+52%	#52
33	Hearts of Iron IV	37,723	58,982	-3.7%	#32
34	Terraria	36,620	76,409	+19%	#38
35	DayZ	35,667	63,116	-2.7%	#34
36	Football Manager 26	33,234	54,453	+7.9%	#39
37	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	30,662	48,937	+3.5%	#42
38	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	30,447	94,724	-27%	#29
39	PAYDAY 2	29,043	35,446	-3.2%	#40
40	Don't Starve Together	28,880	62,261	-23%	#33
41	ELDEN RING	28,638	52,385	-1.7%	#45
42	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	27,887	50,302	+7.6%	#53
43	Limbus Company	27,538	71,489	-32%	#30
44	Euro Truck Simulator 2	27,520	54,431	-6.5%	#43
45	RimWorld	27,433	39,627	-4.1%	#48
46	Total War: WARHAMMER III	27,221	51,034	+16%	#61
47	7 Days to Die	26,977	48,499	-19%	#35
48	Farming Simulator 25	26,966	57,039	+6.8%	#56
49	Red Dead Redemption 2	26,893	59,007	-18%	#36
50	Escape from Tarkov	26,825	45,572	+42%	#66

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.