Whether it’s the arrival of the battle royale genre or the groundbreaking multiplayer survival game, PC gaming often serves as a precursor to the latest trends and innovations in the gaming landscape, often leading to a large concentration of players.
But among all computer games Once on the Steam leaderboard, very few people have the exceptional popularity of the most-played chart toppers on Steam. Based on the maximum concurrent players ever by any game on Valve’s platform, here are the 15 most played Steam games of all time.
15. Fallout 4
Concurrent player record: 472,962
As the long-awaited sequel to the most recently released studio The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, there’s no denying the anticipation for Fallout 4 at launch. In fact, so much so that in the days following its launch, it rose to the top of Steam’s player charts and set a record that remains in the all-time top 15 to this day.
With countless settlements in need of players’ help, it’s no wonder that this game’s player count has always stood the test of time.
14. Capcom . Electronic Stadium
Concurrent player record: 472.791
Interestingly, Capcom Arcade Stadium rose to the top of the Steam charts and was at one point the third most played game (above both Apex Legends and PUBG) long after its initial release. Why? Answer, according to Pavel Djundik a Steam metric expert, is it bots flooding the game and not working in it to earn Steam Trading Cards.
Steam trading cards are digital collectibles on Valve’s platform that can be exchanged for monetary value, and making bots pretend to play the game is clearly one way people can buy tokens to sell. The fact that Capcom Arcade Stadium can be downloaded for free makes it a prime target for such pranks.
We probably shouldn’t count this part, as it was mistakenly enhanced by the presence of rogue players, but the story is too good to ignore. We’re counting it – nothing, Capcom.
13. Terraria
Concurrent player record: 489,886
Is one of best selling game of all time (nearly 45 million copies have been sold by some count), it’s no surprise to see Terraria make the list of most played games on Steam. The pixelated construction and survival role-playing game, sometimes compared to the likes of Minecraft, is incredibly hard to ignore and perfect for playing with friends, plus it’s affordable enough to create a family barrier The entry is quite low for those who are curious. an effort. With nearly 500,000 concurrent players at its peak, it was clear that many of those buyers were hooked.
12. Call of the Mission: War Zone
Concurrent player record: 491,670
Call of Duty game has always been more popular on consoles than Steam (apparently favoring titles like Counter-Strike), but with the advent of the battle royale genre, which is already very popular on the PC platform, Warzone easily slipped in. list. As ultimate man games enter a new level of maturity and see AAA versions enter the fray, Warzone has become a staple at the top of Steam’s player charts. , alongside other battle royale titles like Apex Legends.
Interestingly, Warzone is the only Call of Duty game to appear on this list, even though the series has enjoyed massive success and popularity with each annual release.
11.Valheim
Concurrent player record: 502.387
Survival games have a habit of doing extremely well on Steam, and one of the recent examples that skyrocketed on the Steam charts is Valheim: challenging, Nordic-inspired game from Iron Gate. With tons of rave reviews on Steam and a lot of hype in the weeks and months after its initial launch, having nearly all of one’s friends log into Steam during its peak. Popularity is normal.
10. Top Legend
Concurrent player record: 624.473
top legend remains one of the most popular battle royale games to this day, so it’s no surprise that it’s in the top 10 most played Steam games of all time. Obviously this is an extremely slick shooter from the studio that made titles like Titanfall 2, but it’s important to remember that it was and has always been a free game, which makes anyone want to jump. are all accessible. print. Even now, Apex Legends still holds hundreds of thousands of daily players, so it’s likely that it will continue to be in the top 10 for a while.
9. Goose Goose Duck
Concurrent player record: 702.845
Surprisingly there’s only one social deduction game that makes this list, and it’s not Between Us. Instead, it’s Goggle Studios’ Goose Goose Duckwhere you and your fellow geese try to identify duck intruders in your ranks before they take you down.
The reason for the popularity of the game? The absolute star power of one of its first players. After K-pop star Kim Taehyung, better known as BTS’s popular V, went live his game, it went completely over on Steam, overwhelming the developer’s servers. independent development immediately. Even today, its player base is still substantial with tens of thousands of people logging in every day, but one has to consider whether it can reach such heights without a little push from BTS. or not.
8. Hogwarts Legacy
Concurrent player record: 879,308
As one of the most popular fictional worlds ever created, one might expect a game that takes place in this shortlisted wizarding and magical world – and one would be right. Hailed as the first really good Harry Potter game, Hogwarts legacy broke revenue records and concurrent player records in the days following its launch on Steam.
Hogwarts Legacy is also the most recent game on this list, having been released earlier this year just a few months ago. It’s also important to note that Hogwarts Legacy is one of only three games on this list that doesn’t feature multiplayer of any kind, making its achievement all the more impressive.
7. New World
Concurrent player record: 953.426
The first of two MMORPGs to make this list, New world was the first big hit from Amazon Games, online shopping network engaged in the game industry. The MMO puts players in the role of a mid-17th century adventurer sent to colonize a fictional new continent, while also requiring the player to hone raw materials and craft to colonize the unspoiled land. .
The initial strong launch saw its massive rise to the top of the Steam charts, but saw a dramatic 90% drop just a few months later, even though it still has a sizable following to this day.
6. Fairy Ring
Concurrent player record: 953.426
A FromSoftware game directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with world building by George RR Martin is almost the most search engine optimized thing I can imagine, so one can only expect that masterpiece The latest creation like the soul of the creator of the genre will rule the lives of gamers everywhere as long as it did.
With nearly a million concurrent players at a time, Elen’s ring will continue to win IGN Game of the Year Award for 2022, along with many other awards.
5. Electronic 2077
Concurrent player record: 1,054,388
Despite the difficulty of launching on consoles, CD Projekt RED’s single-player sci-fi RPG, Electronic 2077, hugely popular on the PC platform, with over 1 million concurrent players online at its peak. As the next project from the studio that developed the legendary Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the hype behind Cyberpunk certainly helped propel it to the top of the Steam charts. To this day, it remains the most played Steam game without any sort of multiplayer feature.
Cyberpunk 2077: The Ghost of FreedomThe upcoming DLC for the game will launch in September 2023.
4. Dota 2
Concurrent player record: 1,295,114
The Single Massively Multiplayer Online Arena, or MOBA, that appears on Steam’s list of 15 most played games as one of the best of its kind: Dota 2. Created by none other than Valve , Dota 2 has stood the test of time, regularly hosting more than half a million players every day. At its all-time high, it had over 1.25 million players, taking a coveted fourth place on Steam’s most played chart.
3. The Lost Chest
Concurrent player record: 1,325,305
The third most played Steam game in history is also the most played MMORPG on the list. Lost ChestAn action role-playing game that was a hit in Korea with its regional launch from developer Smilegate, it was later released internationally and became one of the most popular MMOs on the market.
Although its daily player count has dwindled since its heyday, at its peak it attracted over a million concurrent players – that’s a lot of giant dragons and foreign swords. size!
2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Concurrent player record: 1,818,773
In Steam history, very few games have had such an impact on the platform as counterattack. Indeed, Steam might not be the industry leading platform it is today without the continued success of the series which to this day still reaches over a million concurrent players almost daily. . At its peak, Global Offensive, the latest installment in the series, attracted nearly 2 million concurrent players, which miraculously didn’t have much more concurrent players than regular players. It’s hard to imagine how big of a sensation was announced recently Counterattack 2 will do when it’s finally available.
1. PUBG: Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Concurrent player record: 3,257.248
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, better known as PUBG, is the forerunner of the most popular genre in the world recently: battle royale. Although many iterations have appeared since then and achieved unimaginable success (some of which even appear on this list), the attention gained from the original original article. The top is unlikely to be appreciated any time soon.
With over 3.5 million concurrent players, PUBG is almost twice the next most played Steam game and far ahead of many other games on this list and is the most played Steam game of all time, by mile. .
Travis Northup is a writer for IGN based in San Francisco. He’s been writing about games for over a decade and loves everything from strategy and platformers to open-world shooters and RPGs.
