Steam in September 2026

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

#	Game	Avg. players	Peak	Change	Was
1	Counter-Strike 2	805,638	1,450,705	-2.4%	#1
2	Dota 2	571,294	919,002	-7.4%	#2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	306,927	788,224	-4.5%	#3
4	WARDOGS	223,917	402,686	new	—
5	Bongo Cat	147,090	188,817	+2.1%	#6
6	Apex Legends™	115,147	270,994	-9.8%	#7
7	Valheim	110,174	307,757	+599%	#80
8	Aniimo	103,609	167,956	new	—
9	Rust	81,168	148,276	-18%	#9
10	Palworld	77,110	168,183	-68%	#4
11	TBH: Task Bar Hero	76,465	112,237	-29%	#8
12	Marvel Rivals	67,795	146,426	-15%	#10
13	Delta Force	66,116	145,637	+3.8%	#15
14	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	64,717	120,267	+6.8%	#18
15	Slay the Spire 2	59,299	101,134	-6.9%	#14
16	Overwatch®	59,159	121,938	+4.4%	#20
17	Team Fortress 2	55,900	77,668	+11%	#25
18	Warframe	54,756	108,789	+0.6%	#22
19	Project Zomboid	54,454	100,244	-29%	#11
20	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	53,591	92,691	-27%	#13
21	War Thunder	52,006	100,117	+2.1%	#24
22	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	51,225	94,387	-8%	#21
23	Path of Exile 2	49,992	147,624	+162%	#68
24	Stardew Valley	48,648	92,373	-22%	#17
25	Grand Theft Auto V	47,615	84,640	-24%	#16
26	Dead by Daylight	47,610	75,951	-18%	#19
27	HELLDIVERS™ 2	45,156	92,006	-14%	#23
28	VRChat	43,731	63,916	-6.6%	#27
29	Baldur's Gate 3	42,932	76,065	-14%	#26
30	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	42,651	82,122	-44%	#12
31	Geometry Dash	37,260	66,449	-11%	#31
32	Terraria	37,115	75,592	+1.4%	#34
33	Limbus Company	34,826	130,870	+26%	#43
34	Hearts of Iron IV	33,887	62,661	-10%	#33
35	Total War: WARHAMMER III	33,474	102,170	+23%	#46
36	DayZ	32,979	62,310	-7.5%	#35
37	How to Fish	32,419	159,604	-78%	#5
38	Red Dead Redemption 2	31,321	61,287	+16%	#49
39	Battlefield™ 6	30,883	60,055	-28%	#29
40	ELDEN RING	30,840	54,228	+7.7%	#41
41	Cyberpunk 2077	29,988	55,099	-34%	#28
42	Football Manager 26	29,390	51,923	-12%	#36
43	PAYDAY 2	29,224	36,658	+0.6%	#39
44	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	28,638	50,548	-6.6%	#37
45	Call of Duty®	25,862	45,299	-0.8%	#52
46	Monster Hunter Wilds	25,735	63,347	+82%	#86
47	RimWorld	25,524	40,186	-7%	#45
48	Farming Simulator 25	25,357	58,907	-6%	#48
49	CONTROL Resonant	25,141	42,686	new	—
50	Euro Truck Simulator 2	25,056	55,138	-9%	#44

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.