A few titles shift in and out, but most of them are the same, even if their places change during the day. Generally, however, the list of the most played Steam games stays static overall. Concurrent player counts can shift widely from hour to hour, potentially putting a game that would be in first place into, say, eighth place. The games below are in no particular order.
We’ve rounded up the 30 most popular Steam games so you don’t waste your time sorting through games with little to no player base.
In many ways, Steam is a proving ground for budding developers, with some games hitting it big with hundreds of thousands of concurrent players, and others that can barely keep a few dozen entertained.
Steam is one of the largest digital gaming marketplaces in the world, with more than 30,000 games in its catalog.