Steam Player Count Tracker: Most Played Steam Games Right Now (Oct 2026)

Counter-Strike 2 is the most played game on Steam among the 174 games we track, with 1,082,182 concurrent players at 17:11 UTC on Oct 8. Together, these games have 5,460,280 people playing on Steam right now. The table below ranks the top 100 and links to a full player-count history for each game.

Most played Steam games right now

#	Game	Playing now	24h peak	30-day avg	30-day trend
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,082,182	1,218,969	810,470	-1%
2	Dota 2	855,858	869,840	577,288	-7%
3	PUBG Battlegrounds	326,606	692,538	305,564	-2%
4	Valheim	121,260	147,956	135,005	+751%
5	Rust	117,006	117,006	83,203	-11%
6	ARC Raiders	109,644	109,644	23,718	+6%
7	Apex Legends	99,461	208,278	110,708	-12%
8	Team Fortress 2	87,811	87,811	60,052	+20%
9	Witcher 3 Wild Hunt	80,608	84,594	31,524	+110%
10	Overwatch 2	75,468	88,242	60,997	+4%
11	Grand Theft Auto V	71,940	71,955	46,447	-22%
12	Delta Force	71,717	131,977	67,876	+8%
13	War Thunder	64,416	73,047	52,298	+2%
14	Project Zomboid	60,702	62,638	50,518	-31%
15	Geometry Dash	60,285	60,285	37,955	-6%
16	Dead by Daylight	59,296	63,875	46,457	-15%
17	Warframe	59,058	69,630	56,326	+7%
18	Rainbow Six Siege	55,797	68,670	60,759	-5%
19	Total War Warhammer III	55,159	57,328	39,269	+36%
20	Slay the Spire 2	54,478	89,390	58,331	-7%
21	Outlast Trials	51,337	147,910	11,746	+180%
22	The Binding of Isaac Rebirth	50,379	63,643	50,262	-26%
23	Stardew Valley	48,697	88,953	48,902	-17%
24	Limbus Company	47,524	79,484	44,206	+66%
25	Marvel Rivals	47,427	70,131	64,922	-13%
26	Euro Truck Simulator 2	46,170	47,587	26,081	-4%
27	VRChat	46,010	51,088	43,440	-5%
28	Palworld	45,257	59,550	60,608	-64%
29	Hearts of Iron IV	43,400	48,162	34,564	-5%
30	Baldur's Gate 3	43,384	49,056	42,055	-13%
31	Farming Simulator 25	41,411	44,939	25,376	-5%
32	Cyberpunk 2077	41,219	51,703	30,069	-26%
33	DayZ	40,307	43,741	31,861	-9%
34	Helldivers 2	39,901	49,834	42,158	-28%
35	Skyrim	34,390	36,437	24,107	-6%
36	Red Dead Redemption 2	32,742	40,673	29,096	-2%
37	Left 4 Dead 2	31,750	51,981	24,680	+1%
38	Terraria	31,443	47,411	33,613	-19%
39	EA Sports FC 26	29,875	31,263	35,304	-47%
40	Civilization VI	28,812	37,237	28,609	-5%
41	Mount and Blade II Bannerlord	27,856	35,230	23,604	-16%
42	RimWorld	27,643	31,597	25,605	-5%
43	Garrys Mod	27,362	28,557	21,534	-11%
44	Crusader Kings III	25,516	26,265	18,301	-11%
45	Elden Ring	25,377	30,978	28,574	-5%
46	Path of Exile 2	25,368	26,867	41,488	+50%
47	Warhammer 40000 Space Marine 2	25,161	27,791	15,056	+25%
48	BeamNG.drive	25,159	25,234	17,093	-10%
49	The Sims 4	25,058	25,448	21,730	-8%
50	7 Days to Die	24,886	30,789	22,272	-16%
51	Destiny 2	24,152	34,079	19,452	-6%
52	Rocket League	22,763	30,252	18,371	+11%
53	NARAKA Bladepoint	22,749	64,654	25,098	-9%
54	Diablo 4	22,360	22,598	24,656	+449%
55	Don't Starve Together	22,343	48,455	24,426	-12%
56	Hunt Showdown 1896	20,738	29,408	17,620	+21%
57	Satisfactory	19,996	21,627	13,577	-10%
58	No Man's Sky	19,760	21,104	26,666	+219%
59	R.E.P.O.	18,840	22,593	16,619	-14%
60	Black Desert Online	18,456	19,171	18,921	-14%
61	Once Human	18,120	19,024	19,939	+16%
62	Street Fighter 6	17,433	38,157	16,793	-5%
63	Factorio	16,802	18,188	15,148	-11%
64	Sons of the Forest	16,784	25,164	8,805	+8%
65	Final Fantasy XIV	16,570	20,388	18,892	-8%
66	Kingdom Come Deliverance 2	16,408	19,277	11,494	-12%
67	Monster Hunter World	15,570	29,754	15,246	+17%
68	Phasmophobia	14,811	14,811	8,565	-10%
69	Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel	14,629	24,286	14,433	-2%
70	Monster Hunter Rise	14,555	27,901	8,377	+52%
71	Assetto Corsa	13,249	14,326	9,212	+7%
72	Crimson Desert	13,223	15,152	17,516	+17%
73	Elden Ring Nightreign	13,043	27,551	14,284	-9%
74	Stellaris	12,651	14,651	10,960	+3%
75	Brawlhalla	11,625	13,591	9,482	-8%
76	Schedule I	11,589	14,025	9,315	-5%
77	Fallout 4	11,436	12,158	10,386	-11%
78	Resident Evil 4 Remake	11,119	15,872	9,647	+26%
79	Cities Skylines II	10,535	12,216	9,289	-1%
80	Europa Universalis IV	10,402	10,977	8,677	-8%
81	Where Winds Meet	10,253	13,380	10,231	-21%
82	Hogwarts Legacy	9,933	11,805	6,418	+3%
83	Raft	9,698	17,144	6,388	-10%
84	Age of Empires IV	9,667	12,928	8,133	-8%
85	Civilization VII	9,291	9,600	9,535	+8%
86	The Forest	9,242	11,301	4,336	+4%
87	Ready or Not	9,241	12,043	7,700	-0%
88	Forza Horizon 5	8,578	15,141	5,716	-11%
89	Balatro	8,480	8,914	7,109	-7%
90	Albion Online	8,242	8,546	7,105	-9%
91	Oxygen Not Included	7,453	11,119	6,801	-15%
92	NBA 2K26	7,132	14,444	8,258	-43%
93	Black Myth Wukong	6,974	16,297	11,539	-40%
94	Enshrouded	6,927	7,999	6,474	-11%
95	Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024	6,898	6,898	4,957	-3%
96	Hollow Knight	6,731	7,677	6,378	-12%
97	Dragon's Dogma 2	6,656	7,006	4,072	+48%
98	Dark Souls III	6,422	8,565	4,553	+21%
99	Sea of Thieves	6,232	7,007	4,974	+13%
100	Manor Lords	6,186	6,832	5,269	-20%

Biggest risers this month

• Valheim: +751% (135,005 average players)
• Diablo 4: +449% (24,656 average players)
• No Man's Sky: +219% (26,666 average players)
• Outlast Trials: +180% (11,746 average players)
• Witcher 3 Wild Hunt: +110% (31,524 average players)

Biggest drops this month

• Path of Exile: -76% (6,444 average players)
• Palworld: -64% (60,608 average players)
• EA Sports FC 26: -47% (35,304 average players)
• NBA 2K26: -43% (8,258 average players)
• Black Myth Wukong: -40% (11,539 average players)

How we count: Explosion samples Steam’s official concurrent-player API for every tracked game several times an hour. Trends compare the last 30 days with the 30 days before. Steam only; consoles are not included. Updated daily.