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

Counter-Strike 2 is the most-played game on Steam right now, with 551,355 players in-game and a 24-hour peak of 1,165,887. 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 16, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.

Counter-Strike 2

551,355

players in-game right now — #1 most-played on Steam (24-hour peak 1,165,887).

4,214,748

players across the top 100

100

games ranked live

Top 15 right now

Concurrent players, live

Counter-Strike 2551,355

Dota 2498,131

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS331,438

Bongo Cat179,033

AION 2167,187

WARDOGS134,430

Deadlock89,260

Apex Legends™75,020

FiveM71,783

Team Fortress 270,751

Wallpaper Engine68,373

Delta Force58,307

Warframe57,612

Rust56,526

ARC Raiders55,195

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	551,355	1,165,887	Very Positive
2	Dota 2	498,131	874,030	Very Positive
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	331,438	789,961	Mixed
4	Bongo Cat	179,033	189,669	Overwhelmingly Positive
5	AION 2	167,187	292,931	Mixed
6	WARDOGS	134,430	336,679	Mostly Positive
7	Deadlock	89,260	198,239	No user reviews
8	Apex Legends™	75,020	212,425	Mixed
9	FiveM	71,783	181,393	Very Positive
10	Team Fortress 2	70,751	86,004	Very Positive
11	Wallpaper Engine	68,373	108,874	Overwhelmingly Positive
12	Delta Force	58,307	117,067	Mixed
13	Warframe	57,612	97,217	Very Positive
14	Rust	56,526	112,792	Very Positive
15	ARC Raiders	55,195	139,408	Very Positive
16	TBH: Task Bar Hero	52,630	69,422	Mixed
17	Slay the Spire 2	45,828	90,921	Mixed
18	Deskrawl: Idle ARPG	42,806	43,198	Mixed
19	Limbus Company	41,950	89,983	Very Positive
20	Stardew Valley	39,961	85,599	Overwhelmingly Positive
21	Valheim	38,643	115,989	Very Positive
22	VRChat	36,276	51,496	Mostly Positive
23	Grand Theft Auto V Legacy	34,714	62,522	Very Positive
24	Marvel Rivals	34,474	73,022	Mostly Positive
25	Overwatch®	33,416	65,714	Mostly Negative
26	War Thunder	33,276	75,835	Mostly Positive
27	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	33,245	65,640	Very Positive
28	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered	32,017	70,964	Overwhelmingly Positive
29	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	31,835	73,927	Very Positive
30	Aniimo	31,553	54,688	Mostly Positive
31	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	30,458	61,426	Overwhelmingly Positive
32	Project Zomboid	30,438	57,001	Very Positive
33	Dead by Daylight	29,975	64,446	Mostly Positive
34	Palworld	29,091	54,908	Very Positive
35	Geometry Dash	26,203	65,872	Very Positive
36	Total War: WARHAMMER III	26,177	49,424	Mostly Positive
37	PAYDAY 2	26,099	34,136	Very Positive
38	Cyberpunk 2077	25,646	47,139	Very Positive
39	Battlefield™ 6	24,723	51,502	Mixed
40	Enshrouded	24,640	65,204	Very Positive
41	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	24,368	68,910	Mostly Positive
42	Terraria	24,288	53,218	Overwhelmingly Positive
43	Don't Starve Together	24,189	45,800	Very Positive
44	HELLDIVERS™ 2	23,209	49,488	Mostly Positive
45	RimWorld	22,685	34,229	Overwhelmingly Positive
46	Hearts of Iron IV	22,483	45,614	Very Positive
47	Baldur's Gate 3	21,649	45,925	Overwhelmingly Positive
48	Red Dead Redemption 2	21,390	40,949	Very Positive
49	Crosshair X	21,345	35,351	Very Positive
50	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	21,059	34,694	Very Positive
51	EA SPORTS FC™ 27	20,864	74,243	Mixed
52	DayZ	20,318	45,431	Mostly Positive
53	[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot	19,303	22,942	Mixed
54	Torchlight: Infinite	18,334	18,334	Mixed
55	Street Fighter™ 6	17,697	42,968	Very Positive
56	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	17,262	34,418	Very Positive
57	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	16,932	32,372	Very Positive
58	Left 4 Dead 2	16,730	35,643	Overwhelmingly Positive
59	Dragon's Dogma 2	16,703	30,355	Mixed
60	OBS Studio	16,498	29,213	Overwhelmingly Positive
61	tModLoader	16,204	32,306	Overwhelmingly Positive
62	Euro Truck Simulator 2	16,078	45,436	Overwhelmingly Positive
63	ELDEN RING	15,712	29,882	Very Positive
64	Arena Breakout: Infinite	15,711	36,148	Mostly Positive
65	Football Manager 26	15,529	30,780	Mostly Negative
66	Escape from Tarkov	15,166	36,417	Mixed
67	Destiny 2	15,135	30,616	Mostly Positive
68	Monster Hunter Wilds	14,802	35,985	Mixed
69	Risk of Rain 2	14,601	28,124	Very Positive
70	Black Desert	14,098	18,393	Mostly Positive
71	Farming Simulator 25	14,001	44,833	Very Positive
72	7 Days to Die	13,972	29,516	Very Positive
73	Dressmaker	13,920	30,753	Overwhelmingly Positive
74	The Sims™ 4	13,519	26,017	Very Positive
75	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	13,469	32,750	Mixed
76	The Outlast Trials	13,339	58,280	Very Positive
77	Crusader Kings III	13,025	24,073	Very Positive
78	Russian Fishing 4	12,736	21,790	Mixed
79	Garry's Mod	12,709	28,125	Overwhelmingly Positive
80	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	12,501	23,782	Mostly Positive
81	Planet Zoo 2	12,470	34,536	Mixed
82	Call of Duty®	12,387	23,222	Mixed
83	Character House -Desktop Companion- Demo	12,333	18,190	Overwhelmingly Positive
84	The Isle	12,091	21,391	Very Positive
85	Monster Hunter: World	11,367	26,356	Very Positive
86	ARK: Survival Ascended	11,336	23,041	Mixed
87	Forza Horizon 6	11,198	31,908	Very Positive
88	MIR4	11,156	11,809	Mixed
89	Blender	11,150	15,803	Overwhelmingly Positive
90	Path of Exile 2	11,081	20,654	Mostly Positive
91	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	11,024	21,077	Very Positive
92	Diablo® IV	10,960	17,324	Mixed
93	Once Human	10,671	18,171	Mostly Positive
94	Artifact	10,489	11,740	Mixed
95	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	10,350	26,996	Very Positive
96	BeamNG.drive	10,322	26,068	Overwhelmingly Positive
97	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2	10,307	21,335	Very Positive
98	MapleStory	10,220	12,868	Mixed
99	Probably Stolen Demo	9,919	15,887	Overwhelmingly Positive
100	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	9,909	19,776	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.