Steam games, by the numbers
Player counts, release statistics and updates for every game on Steam, with the definition and date behind every number.
Player counts, release statistics and updates for every game on Steam, with the definition and date behind every number.
Games with player data
94,106 games| # | Game | Players now |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,332,067 | |
| 2 | 1,050,240 | |
| 3 | 802,438 | |
| 4 | 248,574 | |
| 5 | 232,082 | |
| 6 | 225,758 | |
| 7 | 187,247 | |
| 8 | 164,983 | |
| 9 | 164,087 | |
| 10 |  Cyberpunk 2077−70% | 159,958 |
Concurrent players on Steam at our latest poll of each game, in the last two hours.
| Game | Players now |
|---|---|
| 248,574 | |
 Enshrouded−10% | 95,703 |
| 70,790 | |
| 31,419 | |
| 24,786 | |
| 21,490 | |
| 18,937 | |
| 15,709 | |
| 11,611 | |
| 5,862 |
Released in the last 30 days, by 24-hour peak.
| # | Game | Last 24h | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,315 | +71% | |
| 2 | 3,238 | +59.5% | |
| 3 | 3,989 | +51.2% | |
| 4 | 1,403 | +37.8% | |
| 5 | 173,465 | +37.7% | |
| 6 | 1,870 | +35.2% | |
| 7 | 16,968 | +34.7% | |
| 8 | 4,413 | +33.5% | |
| 9 | 25,984 | +33.4% | |
| 10 | 36,270 | +32.4% |
Biggest rise in average players, the 24 hours to against the 24 hours before. Games averaging 1,000 or more players.
Games whose average player count rose the most in the last 24 hours, compared with the 24 hours before.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| # | Game | Peak players | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,231,321 | January 2018 | |
| 2 | 2,401,051 | August 2024 | |
| 3 | 2,103,318 | January 2024 | |
| 4 | 1,820,352 | March 2025 | |
| 5 | 1,326,433 | February 2022 | |
| 6 | 1,289,462 | March 2016 | |
| 7 | 1,176,638 | March 2025 | |
| 8 | 951,124 | March 2022 | |
| 9 | 913,615 | October 2021 | |
| 10 | 888,796 | June 2024 |
Highest player count on record. Our own polls are dated to the day, archive figures from before October 2026 to the month.
The most people we know to have been in the game on Steam at once, and when.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
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| Year | By this date | Whole year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23,478 | 23,478 |
| 2025 | 16,193 | 20,583 |
| 2024 | 13,539 | 17,401 |
| 2023 | 10,269 | 12,894 |
| 2022 | 8,759 | 11,006 |
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