Dota 2 player count
Dota 2 had 836,193 players in game on Steam at .
Its highest count since we began tracking on is 836,870 players in game, at .
- Playing now
- 836,193
- at 16:03 UTC
- Highest since 5 October 2026
- 836,870
- at 15:48 UTC on 6 October 2026, in the last 24 hours
- Steam most played rank, 5 October 2026
- 2nd
Is Dota 2 growing or dying?
We began reading Dota 2 on 5 October 2026 and hold readings on 2 days, too few yet to compare one week with the one before.
How we compare
A change needs readings on at least 4 days of each of two weeks, or in at least 18 of the last 24 hours and of the 24 hours before.
Players in game on Steam since 19:00 UTC on 5 October
Every hour in a table
| Hour (UTC) | Highest players in game |
|---|---|
| 836,193 | |
| 836,870 | |
| 826,418 | |
| 790,058 | |
| 719,040 | |
| 644,192 | |
| 589,758 | |
| 557,319 | |
| 527,966 | |
| 507,437 | |
| 467,620 | |
| 445,102 | |
| 434,986 | |
| 426,178 | |
| 424,666 | |
| 427,319 | |
| 422,771 | |
| 458,099 | |
| 531,890 | |
| 601,173 | |
| 717,240 | |
| 758,164 |
About the game
- Released
- 9 July 2013
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve
- Steam app id
- 570
- Steam store page
- store.steampowered.com/app/570
Read every 5 minutes while in Steam's top 100, otherwise every hour.
Next to Dota 2 on Steam's chart now
| Rank | Game | Playing now | Recent hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter-Strike 2 | 1,112,751 | |
| 3 | PUBG: Battlegrounds | 467,259 | |
| 4 | Aion 2 | 369,667 |
Cite this number
Dota 2: 836,193 players in game on Steam at 16:03 UTC on 6 October 2026. Source: gamesactivity.com, from the Steam Web API.