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

Counter-Strike 2 is the most-played game on Steam right now, with 1,218,284 players in-game and a 24-hour peak of 1,251,152. 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 Aug 29, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC.

Counter-Strike 2

1,218,284

players in-game right now — #1 most-played on Steam (24-hour peak 1,251,152).

7,793,567

players across the top 100

100

games ranked live

Top 15 right now

Concurrent players, live

Counter-Strike 21,218,284

Dota 2873,862

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS673,936

Apex Legends™254,400

How to Fish227,775

Palworld179,698

Bongo Cat159,360

FiveM136,021

Rust114,111

Wallpaper Engine113,670

Delta Force109,518

Slay the Spire 293,482

TBH: Task Bar Hero91,713

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth90,480

Stardew Valley90,385

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	1,218,284	1,251,152	Very Positive
2	Dota 2	873,862	917,705	Very Positive
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	673,936	736,109	Mixed
4	Apex Legends™	254,400	258,866	Mixed
5	How to Fish	227,775	288,978	Very Positive
6	Palworld	179,698	179,698	Very Positive
7	Bongo Cat	159,360	159,360	Overwhelmingly Positive
8	FiveM	136,021	177,903	Very Positive
9	Rust	114,111	124,952	Very Positive
10	Wallpaper Engine	113,670	113,670	Overwhelmingly Positive
11	Delta Force	109,518	112,831	Mixed
12	Slay the Spire 2	93,482	98,320	Mixed
13	TBH: Task Bar Hero	91,713	93,482	Mixed
14	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	90,480	91,563	Overwhelmingly Positive
15	Stardew Valley	90,385	90,385	Overwhelmingly Positive
16	Grand Theft Auto V Legacy	88,624	89,493	Very Positive
17	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	88,024	88,024	Very Positive
18	War Thunder	83,858	83,858	Mostly Positive
19	Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 - Beta	83,269	113,562	Mixed
20	Project Zomboid	80,435	83,697	Very Positive
21	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	74,424	83,693	Mixed
22	HELLDIVERS™ 2	72,541	72,541	Mostly Positive
23	Dead by Daylight	69,804	73,035	Mostly Positive
24	Terraria	67,438	67,438	Overwhelmingly Positive
25	Warframe	64,496	64,496	Very Positive
26	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	63,999	67,328	Mostly Positive
27	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	61,826	81,356	Very Positive
28	Overwatch®	61,264	68,697	Mostly Negative
29	Baldur's Gate 3	57,530	58,880	Overwhelmingly Positive
30	Team Fortress 2	57,500	59,950	Very Positive
31	Hearts of Iron IV	56,509	56,509	Very Positive
32	VRChat	55,696	62,937	Mostly Positive
33	Marvel Rivals	54,599	101,499	Mostly Positive
34	Cyberpunk 2077	52,790	52,790	Very Positive
35	Don't Starve Together	51,609	52,382	Very Positive
36	PEAK	51,435	56,372	Very Positive
37	Deadlock	51,213	76,488	No user reviews
38	STAR WARS Zero Company™	51,080	67,892	Mostly Positive
39	Red Dead Redemption 2	49,388	49,388	Very Positive
40	Football Manager 26	48,137	48,137	Mostly Negative
41	Battlefield™ 6	47,693	51,167	Mixed
42	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	46,275	46,275	Very Positive
43	Geometry Dash	46,025	51,621	Very Positive
44	ELDEN RING	45,518	45,518	Very Positive
45	Euro Truck Simulator 2	45,258	45,258	Overwhelmingly Positive
46	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	44,973	44,973	Very Positive
47	Total War: WARHAMMER III	44,657	44,657	Mostly Positive
48	DayZ	44,301	51,116	Mostly Positive
49	Black Myth: Wukong	42,182	42,182	Overwhelmingly Positive
50	7 Days to Die	41,077	41,077	Very Positive
51	Escape from Tarkov	39,552	39,552	Mixed
52	Farming Simulator 25	39,525	44,141	Very Positive
53	Crosshair X	37,436	40,310	Very Positive
54	tModLoader	37,120	37,120	Overwhelmingly Positive
55	Limbus Company	35,930	38,657	Very Positive
56	RimWorld	35,830	35,830	Overwhelmingly Positive
57	ARK: Survival Ascended	34,960	34,960	Mixed
58	Street Fighter™ 6	33,754	35,830	Very Positive
59	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	31,755	31,755	Very Positive
60	S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl	31,691	31,691	Very Positive
61	Arena Breakout: Infinite	30,222	32,535	Mostly Positive
62	OBS Studio	30,165	33,716	Overwhelmingly Positive
63	Crimson Desert Enhanced	29,327	29,327	Very Positive
64	PAYDAY 2	29,224	35,476	Very Positive
65	Garry's Mod	29,186	32,906	Overwhelmingly Positive
66	Left 4 Dead 2	28,186	38,085	Overwhelmingly Positive
67	Hunt: Showdown 1896	28,101	28,101	Mostly Positive
68	The Sims™ 4	27,726	28,911	Very Positive
69	Crusader Kings III	27,439	27,439	Very Positive
70	Forza Horizon 6	27,164	28,731	Very Positive
71	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	26,850	29,785	Very Positive
72	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition	26,038	26,038	Overwhelmingly Positive
73	Once Human	25,266	25,266	Mostly Positive
74	R.E.P.O.	25,171	28,608	Overwhelmingly Positive
75	Eternal Return	24,972	25,833	Mostly Positive
76	ARK: Survival Evolved	24,919	24,919	Very Positive
77	Path of Exile	24,755	27,090	Very Positive
78	Black Desert	24,104	25,308	Mostly Positive
79	BeamNG.drive	23,626	24,870	Overwhelmingly Positive
80	Monster Hunter: World	23,503	23,503	Very Positive
81	The Isle	23,477	25,213	Very Positive
82	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	22,925	22,925	Very Positive
83	Mortal Shell II	22,903	22,903	Mostly Positive
84	Russian Fishing 4	22,890	22,890	Mixed
85	Monster Hunter Wilds	22,877	22,877	Mixed
86	Where Winds Meet	22,509	22,509	Very Positive
87	Factorio	22,491	22,491	Overwhelmingly Positive
88	NBA 2K26	22,253	23,030	Mixed
89	ARC Raiders	21,836	30,213	Very Positive
90	Path of Exile 2	21,624	21,624	Mostly Positive
91	eFootball™	21,591	25,746	Mixed
92	Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	21,535	21,535	Very Positive
93	Football Manager 2024	21,076	21,076	Very Positive
94	Destiny 2	20,511	26,007	Mostly Positive
95	Call of Duty®	20,436	28,346	Mixed
96	Valheim	19,635	22,293	Very Positive
97	VTube Studio	19,416	20,448	Very Positive
98	FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	19,335	25,509	Very Positive
99	Satisfactory	19,310	19,722	Overwhelmingly Positive
100	Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond	19,298	23,059	Mostly Negative

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.