Most played games on Steam, latest day

The most played game on Steam on 5 October 2026 was Counter-Strike 2, with a daily peak of 1,140,811 players in game.

Rank	Game	Daily peak	A week before	Move
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,140,811	1	Same
2	Dota 2	826,202	2	Same
3	PUBG: Battlegrounds	612,531	3	Same
4	Wallpaper Engine	108,810	4	Same
5	Aion 2	397,905		New
6	Apex Legends	196,754	6	Same
7	Deadlock	155,779	20	Up 13
8	Wardogs	194,836	5	Down 3
9	Valheim	165,451	7	Down 2
10	Grand Theft Auto V	64,385	10	Same
11	FiveM	183,928	8	Down 3
12	Slay the Spire 2	85,240	9	Down 3
13	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	98,512	78	Up 65
14	Overwatch	71,940	13	Down 1
15	Geometry Dash	56,265	22	Up 7
16	War Thunder	78,657	15	Down 1
17	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	78,141	12	Down 5
18	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	61,486	16	Down 2
19	Marvel Rivals	75,862	14	Down 5
20	Aniimo	86,729	11	Down 9
21	Limbus Company	66,970	24	Up 3
22	The Outlast Trials	91,728		New
23	Helldivers 2	45,641	17	Down 6
24	Stardew Valley	85,423	25	Up 1
25	Dead by Daylight	53,344	21	Down 4
26	Delta Force	125,815	23	Down 3
27	Left 4 Dead 2	45,376	38	Up 11
28	How to Fish	66,734	42	Up 14
29	Warframe	68,677	19	Down 10
30	Rust	131,440	28	Down 2
31	Terraria	46,713	26	Down 5
32	Team Fortress 2	87,469	18	Down 14
33	Project Zomboid	62,001	33	Same
34	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	64,898	27	Down 7
35	Battlefield 6	35,163	30	Down 5
36	Euro Truck Simulator 2	49,035	34	Down 2
37	EA Sports FC 27	84,607	32	Down 5
38	Cyberpunk 2077	48,588	46	Up 8
39	Total War: Warhammer III	63,505	29	Down 10
40	Naraka: Bladepoint	58,346	31	Down 9
41	VRChat	53,432	36	Down 5
42	Baldur's Gate 3	53,872	37	Down 5
43	Red Dead Redemption 2	39,859	44	Up 1
44	Don't Starve Together	50,479	49	Up 5
45	Palworld	60,956	39	Down 6
46	EA Sports FC 26	32,001	35	Down 11
47	Hearts of Iron IV	49,131	43	Down 4
48	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	37,024	62	Up 14
49	Rocket League	30,381	40	Down 9
50	Call of Duty®	31,594	41	Down 9
51	BeamNG.drive	25,170	52	Up 1
52	ARC Raiders	41,143	54	Up 2
53	R.E.P.O.	22,734	53	Same
54	Dressmaker	36,403	56	Up 2
55	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	16,471	48	Down 7
56	Garry's Mod	29,896	57	Up 1
57	Peak	25,039	50	Down 7
58	Monster Hunter Wilds	42,850	45	Down 13
59	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II	27,042	88	Up 29
60	Elden Ring	31,873	51	Down 9
61	Street Fighter 6	33,202	61	Same
62	Wuthering Waves	18,954	68	Up 6
63	TBH: Task Bar Hero	76,797	47	Down 16
64	Destiny 2	37,622	59	Down 5
65	eFootball	20,439	55	Down 10
66	tModLoader	31,327	66	Same
67	Bongo Cat	178,886	58	Down 9
68	Forza Horizon 6	17,631	67	Down 1
69	Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve	37,769		New
70	Arena Breakout: Infinite	39,212	69	Down 1
71	Civilization VI	38,852	71	Same
72	OBS Studio	29,439	70	Down 2
73	The Sims 4	27,396	64	Down 9
74	Farming Simulator 25	46,069	72	Down 2
75	Crosshair X	38,237	73	Down 2
76	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	34,802	81	Up 5
77	DayZ	47,010	77	Same
78	Crusader Kings III	27,546	103	Up 25
79	Brawlhalla	12,441	76	Down 3
80	No Man's Sky	23,650	65	Down 15
81	Assetto Corsa	14,036	80	Down 1
82	Ori and the Will of the Wisps	20,824	110	Up 28
83	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	22,367	79	Down 4
84	Hunt: Showdown 1896	24,998	82	Down 2
85	7 Days to Die	29,331	83	Down 2
86	Path of Exile 2	29,971	63	Down 23
87	RimWorld	32,199	84	Down 3
88	Bloons TD 6	10,239	90	Up 2
89	Among Us	10,984	107	Up 18
90	Monster Hunter: World	27,074	87	Down 3
91	Aimlabs	6,142	86	Down 5
92	Phasmophobia	13,458	93	Up 1
93	Transport Fever 3	32,167		New
94	Ready or Not	11,328	113	Up 19
95	Resident Evil 4	14,139	101	Up 6
96	Sons of the Forest	21,010	174	Up 78
97	Last Epoch	30,366		New
98	The Finals	14,817	96	Down 2
99	Diablo IV	27,738	75	Down 24
100	RuneScape: Dragonwilds	30,182	85	Down 15

About this chart

Steam's own ranking of its most played games for the UTC day, with each game's daily peak of players in game as Steam gives it. Steam orders the list by its own measure, not always by the peak, and keeps only the newest day; we keep every day.