Yesterday, after 6 long months Steam hit its own record of 7,6 million players connected at the same time in the program. By having neither more nor less than eight million twenty thousand seven hundred ninety two (8020792) players to play at the same time during yesterday's day the record was finally broken.
Dota 2 is one of the best examples of what a free to play game should be and this is demonstrated by the immense number of players who play the game daily. It is a game of although it is a free game that never requires any kind of money to play as an equal with all the other players, it is currently one of the most profitable games in the history of video games but only one among the 781 million games that Steam has for sale.
Despite being only 1 in seven hundred and eighty-one million games, Dota 2 is by far the most played game on Steam, with currently over half a million players online, well above CS: GO which has around 100 thousand players online at this time. Here is the top of most played games on Steam right now:
Players Currently |
Maximum Today |
|
Game |
|
692,429 |
775,279 |
|
Dota 2 |
114,163 |
163,421 |
|
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
61,340 |
78,227 |
|
Team Fortress 2 |
44,065 |
63,814 |
|
PAYDAY 2 |
41,533 |
64,383 |
|
Garry's Mod |
40,233 |
64,281 |
|
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |
38,312 |
71,083 |
|
F |
36,510 |
73,866 |
|
Sid Meier's Civilization V |
24,416 |
31,730 |
|
Counter-Strike |
22,615 |
29,326 |
|
Terraria |
18,558 |
34,020 |
|
Borderlands 2 |
16,950 |
23,895 |
|
Counter-Strike: Source |
15,457 |
26,787 |
|
DayZ |
15,120 |
27,815 |
|
Arma 3 |
12,427 |
18,197 |
|
Left 4 Dead 2 |
12,237 |
15,511 |
|
Warframe |
12,036 |
20,959 |
|
Total War: ROME II |
11,925 |
15,325 |
|
Rust |
7,947 |
12,379 |
|
DARK SOULS ™ II |
7,855 |
12,423 |
|
War Thunder |
7,467 |
11,154 |
|
Far Cry® 3 |
7,399 |
11,277 |
|
Euro Truck Simulator 2 |
7,380 |
13,912 |
|
Company of Heroes 2 |
6,765 |
13,824 |
|
Space Engineers |
6,749 |
10,120 |
|
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer |
6,368 |
11,998 |
|
Mount & Blade: Warband |
6,148 |
12,498 |
|
Europe Universalis IV |
6,067 |
9,627 |
|
Portal 2 |
6,049 |
11,719 |
|
Fallout: New Vegas |
5,839 |
10,625 |
|
XCOM: Enemy Unknown |
5,560 |
10,237 |
|
F |
5,192 |
9,245 |
|
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare |
4,871 |
6,941 |
|
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms - EU |
4,861 |
6,580 |
|
Grand Theft Auto IV |
4,793 |
6,636 |
|
Saints Row IV |
4,691 |
9,137 |
|
Banished |
4,607 |
6,952 |
|
BattleBlock Theater |
4,445 |
7,123 |
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Multiplayer |
4,251 |
6,364 |
|
tomb raider |
4,177 |
7,795 |
|
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag |
3,996 |
6,460 |
|
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms - NA |
3,948 |
8,544 |
|
Age of Empires II: HD Edition |
3,905 |
6,445 |
|
State of Decay |
3,846 |
6,798 |
|
Castle Crashers |
3,765 |
5,360 |
|
Watch_Dogs |
3,629 |
5,676 |
|
Neverwinter |
3,627 |
6,575 |
|
Dishonored |
3,535 |
5,681 |
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer |
3,488 |
7,680 |
|
Wolfenstein: The New Order |
3,482 |
6,583 |
|
7 Days to Die |
3,322 |
5,657 |
|
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |
3,288 |
6,135 |
|
Empire: Total War |
3,129 |
5,958 |
|
PlanetSide 2 |
3,104 |
4,364 |
|
The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings Enhanced Edition |
3,088 |
5,595 |
|
Path of Exile |
3,036 |
6,328 |
|
Kerbal Space Program |
3,011 |
4,563 |
|
Sniper Elite V2 |
2,967 |
6,657 |
|
Tropico 4 |
2,903 |
3,583 |
|
Spacewar |
2,801 |
5,827 |
|
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn |
2,791 |
6,254 |
|
FTL: Faster Than Light |
2,781 |
5,499 |
|
Crusader Kings II |
2,762 |
5,609 |
|
Sniper Elite 3 |
2,746 |
4,041 |
|
The Binding of Isaac |
2,669 |
4,447 |
|
Total War: SHOGUN 2 |
2,666 |
4,909 |
|
BioShock Infinite |
2,628 |
5,327 |
|
Call of Duty: Ghosts - Multiplayer |
2,587 |
4,507 |
|
Batman ™: Arkham Origins |
2,571 |
4,522 |
|
Do not starve |
2,524 |
5,119 |
|
Torchlight II |
2,490 |
4,752 |
|
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition |
2,482 |
4,855 |
|
F |
2,474 |
5,116 |
|
Marvel Heroes 2015 |
2,404 |
3,924 |
|
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist |
2,393 |
4,472 |
|
The Sims (TM) 3 |
2,289 |
3,075 |
|
Stronghold Kingdoms |
2,260 |
4,460 |
|
Goat Simulator |
2,237 |
5,650 |
|
Shadowrun Returns |
2,209 |
3,163 |
|
APB Reloaded |
2,205 |
4,068 |
|
Nether |
2,168 |
2,890 |
|
Infestation: Survivor Stories |
2,153 |
3,716 |
|
Starbound |
2,104 |
2,748 |
|
Saints Row: The Third |
2,099 |
2,391 |
|
Borderlands 2 UK |
2,043 |
3,355 |
|
PAYDAY: The Heist |
1,962 |
3,344 |
|
Killing floor |
1,894 |
3,530 |
|
Farming Simulator 2013 |
1,873 |
3,024 |
|
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition |
1,862 |
2,928 |
|
Metro: Last Light |
1,835 |
2,757 |
|
Assassin's Creed® III |
1,813 |
3,255 |
|
Company of Heroes (New Steam Version) |
1,689 |
2,228 |
|
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes |
1,684 |
3,726 |
|
Age of Wonders III |
1,603 |
3,465 |
|
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ™ |
1,592 |
2,557 |
|
Napoleon: Total War |
1,588 |
3,131 |
|
Prison Architect |
1,586 |
1,784 |
|
No More Room in Hell |
1,564 |
3,535 |
|
Awesomenauts |
1,540 |
2,861 |
|
Train Simulator 2014 |
1,528 |
2,903 |
|
Spintires |
These numbers reflect the clear stated war of Steam against our bank account and our credit cards.
source: Steam Statistics