Third-Person Shooter Trends

How the 5,030 Steam games tagged Third-Person Shooter are doing: releases, review scores and players by month, Jan–Sep 2026 against the same months of 2025. Most played Third-Person Shooter games · See every Third-Person Shooter game

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Releases, Jan–Sep 2026

431

+13% · 383 in Jan–Sep 2025

Share of All Releases

2.0%

−0.6 pts · 2.6% in Jan–Sep 2025

Positive Reviews

79.2%

+1.8 pts · of 2M reviews posted

Players, Monthly Average

1.2M

+18% · 979.9K in Jan–Sep 2025

Releases

Complete months only; the current month is left out until it ends.

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Third-Person Shooter games released per month
Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—

Per Year

Review Scores

Players

By Year

Releases, share, review score and players per year
Year	Releases	Share of releases	Reviews posted	Positive	Players monthly avg
2026 (so far)	486	2.0%	2,106,049	79.1%	1.2M
2025	505	2.5%	2,641,448	79.7%	1M
2024	471	2.7%	3,140,410	73.0%	992.7K
2023	403	3.1%	2,047,063	66.8%	562.1K
2022	325	3.0%	1,412,780	77.9%	457.6K
2021	339	3.4%	1,353,169	80.3%	379K
2020	205	2.4%	1,387,755	77.4%	392.6K
2019	81	1.2%	861,563	75.7%	503.5K
2018	70	1.0%	792,599	60.1%	1M
2017	54	1.0%	984,095	65.7%	639.4K
2016	36	0.9%	357,135	77.9%	142.2K
2015	27	1.1%	251,881	81.0%	109.7K
2014	26	1.8%	236,820

How These Are Counted

Full methodology

A game counts under every tag Steam's users have given it, as on the games list. Releases are counted as on the releases chart. The share positive is the tag's recommending reviews posted in the month out of all its reviews posted in the month, from each game's monthly review graph. Players are the sum of each game's monthly average players, over the most played games that have monthly history before October 2026: the same set of games in every month, so a month never rises because more games were counted. Years are compared over the same complete months: January to the last full month in both years. As of 12:08 UTC.

How this is measured

For each Steam tag and calendar month: how many games with the tag were released, the share of reviews posted for those games that recommend them, and the average number of people playing them.

Steam's tags are chosen by its users and change over time; a game is counted under the tags it has today, in every month.
Players cover the most played games only, chosen by how much they are played today. A game that was big years ago and is little played now can be missing, so older years can read low.
Reviews come from games with at least 10 reviews, read monthly, so the latest month is still filling in.
Counts people running the game through Steam only. Players on other stores, consoles or launchers are not included.

Source: Steam Web API, IStoreBrowseService/GetItems. Full methodology

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Third-Person Shooter games released per month

Month

2023

2024

2025

2026

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

—

Nov

—

Dec

—

Year

Releases

Share of releases

Reviews posted

Positive

Players monthly avg

2026 (so far)

486

2.0%

2,106,049

79.1%

1.2M

2025

505

2.5%

2,641,448

79.7%

2024

471

2.7%

3,140,410

73.0%

992.7K

2023

403

3.1%

2,047,063

66.8%

562.1K

2022

325

3.0%

1,412,780

77.9%

457.6K

2021

339

3.4%

1,353,169

80.3%

379K

2020

205

2.4%

1,387,755

77.4%

392.6K

2019

1.2%

861,563

75.7%

503.5K

2018

1.0%

792,599

60.1%

2017

1.0%

984,095

65.7%

639.4K

2016

0.9%

357,135

77.9%

142.2K

2015

1.1%

251,881

81.0%

109.7K

2014

1.8%

236,820

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	80.6%	85.1%	79.2%	82.3%
Feb	79.2%	79.6%	78.8%	83.6%
Mar	79.9%	80.4%	76.3%	82.7%
Apr	82.0%	77.8%	78.5%	80.2%
May	39.1%	45.4%	76.6%	77.5%
Jun	68.0%	76.2%	76.0%	77.5%
Jul	78.8%	68.5%	77.6%	80.1%
Aug	36.8%	69.3%	76.8%	76.5%
Sep	69.7%	74.8%	76.4%	68.9%
Oct	72.3%	74.8%	84.2%	—
Nov	79.5%	82.4%	87.1%	—
Dec	76.8%	80.8%	79.6%	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	587,486	1,835,072	1,171,802	1,268,865
Feb	577,692	1,385,202	1,057,246	1,193,725
Mar	533,365	965,881	1,020,561	1,215,930
Apr	576,987	903,576	942,443	1,122,414
May	513,834	779,929	929,678	990,418
Jun	501,794	745,349	951,850	990,411
Jul	513,497	885,348	961,664	1,390,257
Aug	565,164	773,032	893,499	1,225,752
Sep	513,668	815,426	890,459	1,002,758
Oct	548,479	769,854	1,004,165	—
Nov	616,221	876,555	1,210,039	—
Dec	696,915	1,177,516	1,252,664	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—

Month	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	31	32	40	39
Feb	29	40	28	37
Mar	24	33	54	40
Apr	33	31	49	55
May	38	43	40	42
Jun	43	35	45	55
Jul	24	33	41	56
Aug	28	43	39	46
Sep	36	39	47	61
Oct	41	53	43	—
Nov	38	48	46	—
Dec	38	41	33	—