What is the most-played game on Steam right now?

Counter-Strike 2 is the most-played game on Steam right now, with 1,138,006 players in-game and a 24-hour peak of 1,217,460. The full top 100 by live concurrent players is listed above, read from Steam's official charts.

How is 'most-played' measured?

By current concurrent players — the number of people actively in-game right now, from Steam's official ISteamChartsService charts endpoint. It is not owners or sales: a game can have huge ownership but few concurrent players, and vice-versa.

How often does this update?

Steam publishes concurrent-player counts continuously. This page reads the live chart and caches it for a few minutes, so it reflects Steam's official numbers within minutes.

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Most-played Steam games right now

The top 100 Steam games by live concurrent players— current in-game count and 24-hour peak, straight from Steam’s official charts. Updated Oct 5, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.

Counter-Strike 2

1,138,006

players in-game right now — #1 most-played on Steam (24-hour peak 1,217,460).

7,027,353

players across the top 100

100

games ranked live

Top 15 right now

Concurrent players, live

Counter-Strike 21,138,006

Dota 2798,415

AION 2397,810

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS281,983

WARDOGS187,490

FiveM180,263

Bongo Cat169,885

Valheim158,637

Deadlock145,118

Rust130,126

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered97,888

Apex Legends™89,078

EA SPORTS FC™ 2784,400

Aniimo83,675

Team Fortress 275,929

Players in-game right now — top 15 by live concurrent count.

The full chart

Every game, ranked by live players

Most-played Steam games — live concurrent players (top 100)

#	Game	Players now	24h peak	Reviews
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,138,006	1,217,460	Very Positive
2	Dota 2	798,415	832,046	Very Positive
3	AION 2	397,810	397,810	Mostly Positive
4	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	281,983	612,531	Mixed
5	WARDOGS	187,490	263,722	Mostly Positive
6	FiveM	180,263	204,078	Very Positive
7	Bongo Cat	169,885	178,886	Overwhelmingly Positive
8	Valheim	158,637	224,091	Very Positive
9	Deadlock	145,118	188,155	No user reviews
10	Rust	130,126	145,664	Very Positive
11	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	97,888	122,731	Overwhelmingly Positive
12	Apex Legends™	89,078	196,754	Mixed
13	EA SPORTS FC™ 27	84,400	96,232	Mixed
14	Aniimo	83,675	103,629	Mostly Positive
15	Team Fortress 2	75,929	83,375	Very Positive
16	Wallpaper Engine	72,179	108,810	Overwhelmingly Positive
17	War Thunder	69,848	78,657	Mostly Positive
18	Overwatch®	67,534	84,601	Mostly Negative
19	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	64,788	96,161	Very Positive
20	Grand Theft Auto V Legacy	63,116	68,041	Very Positive
21	Delta Force	63,113	125,815	Mixed
22	Total War: WARHAMMER III	62,886	79,321	Mostly Positive
23	TBH: Task Bar Hero	62,100	76,797	Mixed
24	Project Zomboid	61,518	79,713	Very Positive
25	Warframe	59,862	69,068	Very Positive
26	Geometry Dash	56,173	62,627	Very Positive
27	Slay the Spire 2	54,452	85,240	Mixed
28	Marvel Rivals	52,947	78,235	Mostly Positive
29	Dead by Daylight	52,773	62,103	Mostly Positive
30	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	52,094	61,486	Overwhelmingly Positive
31	Stardew Valley	51,824	85,423	Overwhelmingly Positive
32	Baldur's Gate 3	51,188	71,319	Overwhelmingly Positive
33	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	49,890	64,898	Very Positive
34	Euro Truck Simulator 2	48,985	56,033	Overwhelmingly Positive
35	Palworld	47,464	63,708	Very Positive
36	DayZ	46,764	55,676	Mostly Positive
37	Farming Simulator 25	45,652	55,872	Very Positive
38	The Outlast Trials	45,252	91,728	Very Positive
39	VRChat	44,747	53,432	Mostly Positive
40	Hearts of Iron IV	44,190	51,439	Very Positive
41	Cyberpunk 2077	41,848	51,509	Very Positive
42	Deskrawl: Idle ARPG	40,814	45,842	Mixed
43	Arena Breakout: Infinite	39,166	44,815	Mostly Positive
44	ARC Raiders	39,164	49,176	Very Positive
45	HELLDIVERS™ 2	38,535	54,546	Mostly Positive
46	How to Fish	38,340	66,734	Overwhelmingly Positive
47	Crosshair X	38,237	44,593	Very Positive
48	Limbus Company	36,586	66,970	Very Positive
49	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	36,049	45,985	Very Positive
50	Battlefield™ 6	33,899	44,800	Mixed
51	Red Dead Redemption 2	33,715	42,024	Very Positive
52	Terraria	33,158	46,713	Overwhelmingly Positive
53	Dressmaker	32,995	43,298	Overwhelmingly Positive
54	PAYDAY 2	32,855	34,461	Very Positive
55	Football Manager 26	32,602	37,134	Mostly Negative
56	Transport Fever 3	31,966	38,656	Mixed
57	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	31,948	41,887	Mixed
58	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	30,205	38,852	Very Positive
59	Garry's Mod	29,864	37,292	Overwhelmingly Positive
60	Path of Exile 2	29,849	36,926	Mostly Positive
61	Call of Duty®	29,367	40,622	Mixed
62	Left 4 Dead 2	28,315	45,376	Overwhelmingly Positive
63	RimWorld	28,144	33,339	Overwhelmingly Positive
64	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	28,119	34,802	Very Positive
65	Crusader Kings III	27,528	33,633	Very Positive
66	The Sims™ 4	27,304	34,753	Very Positive
67	ELDEN RING	27,212	35,124	Very Positive
68	Last Epoch	27,101	33,763	Mostly Positive
69	Rocket League®	27,035	32,649	Very Positive
70	Destiny 2	26,881	41,110	Mostly Positive
71	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2	26,312	33,570	Very Positive
72	BeamNG.drive	25,025	30,344	Overwhelmingly Positive
73	Diablo® IV	24,764	31,803	Mixed
74	OBS Studio	24,663	29,439	Overwhelmingly Positive
75	ARK: Survival Ascended	23,982	29,128	Mixed
76	7 Days to Die	23,858	31,492	Very Positive
77	ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE	23,757	37,769	Mostly Positive
78	No Man's Sky	23,265	31,727	Very Positive
79	Escape from Tarkov	22,475	31,812	Mixed
80	Don't Starve Together	22,390	50,479	Very Positive
81	Graveyard Keeper 2	22,207	31,094	Mostly Positive
82	R.E.P.O.	22,181	29,730	Overwhelmingly Positive
83	Monster Hunter Wilds	22,151	42,850	Mixed
84	Satisfactory	22,094	28,809	Overwhelmingly Positive
85	Hunt: Showdown 1896	22,055	24,998	Mostly Positive
86	[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot	21,981	25,296	Mixed
87	The Isle	21,921	25,657	Very Positive
88	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	21,906	28,131	Very Positive
89	eFootball™	20,227	23,115	Mixed
90	tModLoader	19,619	31,327	Overwhelmingly Positive
91	RuneScape: Dragonwilds	19,452	34,283	Very Positive
92	Black Desert	19,386	22,182	Mostly Positive
93	Factorio	18,798	24,085	Overwhelmingly Positive
94	Once Human	18,701	24,012	Mostly Positive
95	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	18,694	24,789	Very Positive
96	PEAK	18,157	25,601	Very Positive
97	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	17,583	58,346	Mostly Positive
98	Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	17,276	20,383	Very Positive
99	Sons Of The Forest	16,956	21,010	Very Positive
100	Find The Needle Demo	16,674	21,553	Very Positive

Query Steam's live charts yourself

This page reads Steam’s official concurrent-player chart through Crawlora’s GET /steam/charts/concurrent endpoint — one REST call, credential-free public Steam data normalized to clean JSON. Also available: /steam/charts/most-played (weekly) and /steam/players (any single game). Explore the whole catalog in the Steam Games dataset or the Steam API endpoints.