Most played games on Steam right now

The 100 most played games on Steam at 15:48 UTC on 6 October 2026, by players in game.

Together they had 7,368,147 players in game.

Rank	Game	Playing now	Highest, past day	Highest since tracking began
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,120,445	1,144,557	1,144,557
2	Dota 2	836,870	836,870	836,870
3	PUBG: Battlegrounds	487,669	624,992	624,992
4	Aion 2	365,825	396,381	396,381
5	Bongo Cat	176,470	178,984	178,984
6	FiveM	157,134	182,661	182,661
7	Apex Legends	151,097	204,036	204,036
8	Wardogs	149,057	194,836	194,836
9	Valheim	119,437	165,451	165,451
10	Rust	117,306	123,077	123,077
11	Deadlock	114,831	155,779	155,779
12	Delta Force	105,533	127,794	127,794
13	Wallpaper Engine	101,517	109,946	109,946
14	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	94,841	94,868	94,868
15	Aniimo	78,728	81,713	81,713
16	Slay the Spire 2	77,649	86,667	86,667
17	The Outlast Trials	75,789	97,744	97,744
18	Stardew Valley	73,609	84,631	84,631
19	War Thunder	72,579	75,346	75,346
20	TBH: Task Bar Hero	70,299	74,492	74,492
21	EA Sports FC 27	67,151	79,555	79,555
22	Overwatch	63,700	71,940	71,940
23	Warframe	63,125	65,026	65,026
24	Team Fortress 2	62,911	87,469	87,469
25	Grand Theft Auto V	62,193	62,193	62,193
26	Project Zomboid	62,051	62,080	62,080
27	Total War: Warhammer III	59,640	63,454	63,454
28	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	59,302	64,044	64,044
29	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	59,264	62,193	62,193
30	Palworld	56,108	60,056	60,056
31	Dead by Daylight	55,409	55,409	55,409
32	How to Fish	53,203	62,874	62,874
33	VRChat	52,190	53,637	53,637
34	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	51,734	70,182	70,182
35	Geometry Dash	50,488	53,358	53,358
36	Limbus Company	50,373	61,433	61,433
37	Hearts of Iron IV	47,895	48,929	48,929
38	Cyberpunk 2077	47,476	49,029	49,029
39	Helldivers 2	46,315	50,902	50,902
40	Baldur's Gate 3	46,004	53,872	53,872
41	Deskrawl: Idle ARPG	45,643	47,903	47,903
42	Euro Truck Simulator 2	42,909	45,867	45,867
43	Marvel Rivals	42,728	68,427	68,427
44	Naraka: Bladepoint	41,646	58,192	58,192
45	Terraria	40,457	44,998	44,998
46	DayZ	39,238	45,757	45,757
47	Don't Starve Together	39,234	50,092	50,092
48	Escape from Tarkov	39,085	39,085	39,085
49	Red Dead Redemption 2	38,106	40,010	40,010
50	Left 4 Dead 2	37,724	44,444	44,444
51	Arena Breakout: Infinite	36,079	37,848	37,848
52	Civilization VI	35,921	38,256	38,256
53	Monster Hunter Wilds	34,982	43,505	43,505
54	Crosshair X	34,971	37,330	37,330
55	Farming Simulator 25	33,710	44,006	44,006
56	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	33,286	34,980	34,980
57	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	32,370	36,865	36,865
58	RimWorld	31,040	32,209	32,209
59	EA Sports FC 26	31,022	31,032	31,032
60	Battlefield 6	30,957	34,663	34,663
61	ARC Raiders	30,943	41,143	41,143
62	Elden Ring	29,826	31,435	31,435
63	Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve	29,120	35,055	35,055
64	Football Manager 26	28,960	34,311	34,311
65	7 Days to Die	28,390	30,575	30,575
66	Dressmaker	27,973	35,227	35,227
67	Payday 2	27,629	32,477	32,477
68	OBS Studio	27,461	28,514	28,514
69	Last Epoch	26,911	27,653	27,653
70	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	26,896	37,697	37,697
71	Transport Fever 3	26,844	31,662	31,662
72	Crusader Kings III	26,742	27,145	27,145
73	Path of Exile 2	26,606	29,209	29,209
74	tModLoader	26,599	30,209	30,209
75	Garry's Mod	26,458	28,538	28,538
76	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II	26,242	26,962	26,962
77	Street Fighter 6	26,100	34,668	34,668
78	Diablo IV	25,389	25,389	25,389
79	The Sims 4	25,360	27,053	27,053
80	Hunt: Showdown 1896	25,284	29,011	29,011
81	Ark: Survival Ascended	24,251	24,822	24,822
82	Call of Duty®	23,630	30,154	30,154
83	Monster Hunter: World	23,255	27,670	27,670
84	The Isle	22,468	22,482	22,482
85	BeamNG.drive	22,397	23,496	23,496
86	Destiny 2	22,160	34,574	34,574
87	[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot	22,077	23,044	23,044
88	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	21,574	22,300	22,300
89	No Man's Sky	21,091	23,606	23,606
90	R.E.P.O.	20,576	22,421	22,421
91	Russian Fishing 4	20,481	21,376	21,376
92	Monster Hunter Rise	19,918	24,434	24,434
93	Elden Ring Nightreign	19,798	26,974	26,974
94	Sons of the Forest	19,749	21,738	21,738
95	Peak	19,736	22,584	22,584
96	Rocket League	19,323	30,381	30,381
97	eFootball	19,133	19,133	19,133
98	Once Human	19,019	19,256	19,256
99	Forza Horizon 6	18,733	19,399	19,399
100	Graveyard Keeper 2	18,720	22,040	22,040

How to read these numbers

Players in game: the people playing each game on Steam at that moment, from Steam's own chart of its 100 most played games. Not owners, sales or players on other platforms.

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