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

Counter-Strike 2 is the most-played game on Steam right now, with 574,719 players in-game and a 24-hour peak of 1,244,579. 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 Sep 9, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.

Counter-Strike 2

574,719

players in-game right now — #1 most-played on Steam (24-hour peak 1,244,579).

3,643,723

players across the top 100

100

games ranked live

Top 15 right now

Concurrent players, live

Counter-Strike 2574,719

Dota 2378,414

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS280,948

Bongo Cat124,716

Apex Legends™91,417

TBH: Task Bar Hero88,707

Delta Force74,964

FiveM68,652

Wallpaper Engine68,210

Palworld67,114

Rust53,978

Path of Exile 253,289

Slay the Spire 246,264

Team Fortress 240,852

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced39,808

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	574,719	1,244,579	Very Positive
2	Dota 2	378,414	823,285	Very Positive
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	280,948	699,519	Mixed
4	Bongo Cat	124,716	172,593	Overwhelmingly Positive
5	Apex Legends™	91,417	256,292	Mixed
6	TBH: Task Bar Hero	88,707	105,883	Mixed
7	Delta Force	74,964	143,426	Mixed
8	FiveM	68,652	185,547	Very Positive
9	Wallpaper Engine	68,210	104,317	Overwhelmingly Positive
10	Palworld	67,114	125,064	Very Positive
11	Rust	53,978	115,619	Very Positive
12	Path of Exile 2	53,289	108,758	Mostly Positive
13	Slay the Spire 2	46,264	92,961	Mixed
14	Team Fortress 2	40,852	56,949	Very Positive
15	Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	39,808	79,000	Very Positive
16	The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	39,419	83,226	Overwhelmingly Positive
17	Marvel Rivals	39,256	95,219	Mostly Positive
18	Stardew Valley	38,503	78,436	Overwhelmingly Positive
19	Project Zomboid	38,230	74,872	Very Positive
20	Warframe	38,136	64,554	Very Positive
21	Deadlock	36,193	73,384	No user reviews
22	Dead by Daylight	34,632	76,090	Mostly Positive
23	War Thunder	34,605	78,052	Mostly Positive
24	Grand Theft Auto V Legacy	34,043	70,136	Very Positive
25	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	32,468	90,270	Very Positive
26	Terraria	31,358	60,545	Overwhelmingly Positive
27	Overwatch®	31,352	61,669	Mostly Negative
28	VRChat	30,620	54,016	Mostly Positive
29	HELLDIVERS™ 2	26,232	56,259	Mostly Positive
30	Onimusha: Way of the Sword	26,076	66,653	Very Positive
31	Red Dead Redemption 2	25,705	49,985	Very Positive
32	PAYDAY 2	25,463	28,590	Very Positive
33	Baldur's Gate 3	23,628	55,391	Overwhelmingly Positive
34	EA SPORTS FC™ 26	23,608	63,847	Mixed
35	Don't Starve Together	23,131	51,234	Very Positive
36	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	23,040	40,216	Very Positive
37	Crosshair X	22,712	38,513	Very Positive
38	Limbus Company	22,378	32,290	Very Positive
39	How to Fish	22,134	73,677	Very Positive
40	NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	22,014	65,104	Mostly Positive
41	Cyberpunk 2077	21,752	41,518	Very Positive
42	ELDEN RING	21,601	41,526	Very Positive
43	Hearts of Iron IV	21,503	45,556	Very Positive
44	DayZ	20,584	52,711	Mostly Positive
45	Football Manager 26	20,374	47,071	Mostly Negative
46	RimWorld	19,954	31,286	Overwhelmingly Positive
47	Geometry Dash	19,840	46,310	Very Positive
48	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	19,654	24,081	Mostly Positive
49	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	19,594	38,237	Very Positive
50	Escape from Tarkov	18,701	36,130	Mixed
51	The Blood of Dawnwalker	18,547	54,629	Very Positive
52	Battlefield™ 6	17,528	45,738	Mixed
53	Black Desert	17,521	23,721	Mostly Positive
54	OBS Studio	17,402	31,994	Overwhelmingly Positive
55	Once Human	16,964	29,002	Mostly Positive
56	7 Days to Die	16,872	36,250	Very Positive
57	Crimson Desert Enhanced	16,826	33,209	Very Positive
58	tModLoader	16,781	35,771	Overwhelmingly Positive
59	Monster Hunter Wilds	16,571	35,205	Mixed
60	Total War: WARHAMMER III	16,367	33,276	Mostly Positive
61	Street Fighter™ 6	15,618	40,158	Very Positive
62	ARK: Survival Ascended	15,368	31,464	Mixed
63	Hunt: Showdown 1896	15,142	35,148	Mostly Positive
64	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	14,310	29,846	Very Positive
65	The Sims™ 4	14,054	26,944	Very Positive
66	The Isle	13,672	24,603	Very Positive
67	NBA 2K27	13,460	27,131	Mixed
68	Black Myth: Wukong	13,430	30,742	Overwhelmingly Positive
69	Farming Simulator 25	13,243	45,767	Very Positive
70	Call of Duty®	12,947	31,640	Mixed
71	ARC Raiders	12,831	31,191	Very Positive
72	Arena Breakout: Infinite	12,801	32,334	Mostly Positive
73	Unturned	12,800	14,839	Very Positive
74	Euro Truck Simulator 2	12,800	40,175	Overwhelmingly Positive
75	Left 4 Dead 2	12,619	29,122	Overwhelmingly Positive
76	Russian Fishing 4	12,596	22,518	Mixed
77	IdleOn - The Incremental MMO	12,564	15,969	Mostly Positive
78	Halloween: The Game	12,455	33,639	Mostly Positive
79	MIR4	12,396	13,250	Mixed
80	PEAK	12,025	35,836	Very Positive
81	ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	11,498	29,799	Very Positive
82	Crusader Kings III	11,453	22,097	Very Positive
83	Garry's Mod	11,252	28,635	Overwhelmingly Positive
84	Monster Hunter: World	11,156	24,998	Very Positive
85	Blender	11,050	15,587	Overwhelmingly Positive
86	Zenless Zone Zero	10,882	13,909	Very Positive
87	ARK: Survival Evolved	10,644	20,405	Very Positive
88	Football Manager 2024	10,624	18,980	Very Positive
89	Factorio	10,457	20,876	Overwhelmingly Positive
90	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	10,255	20,026	Very Positive
91	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2	10,251	19,459	Very Positive
92	Sid Meier's Civilization VII	10,125	19,256	Mixed
93	Destiny 2	10,103	19,410	Mostly Positive
94	VTube Studio	9,604	19,737	Very Positive
95	Valheim	9,598	27,022	Very Positive
96	Forza Horizon 6	9,598	23,058	Very Positive
97	BeamNG.drive	9,135	24,131	Overwhelmingly Positive
98	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	9,119	15,834	Overwhelmingly Positive
99	eFootball™	9,004	21,923	Mixed
100	Bodycam	8,860	25,300	Mostly 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.