The 20 most popular Steam games of all time
Blog Andrew Joseph 11 Oct , 2025 0

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Steam is the world's most popular destination for PC games, so if a game tops the platform's charts, that's saying something. Most recently, EA's Battlefield 6 launched on October 10 and reached a peak of over 745,000 concurrent players. This makes it the 14th-largest game on Steam in terms of concurrent players ever. This is also the second time that Battlefield 6 has cracked the top 20, with the game's open beta ranking second with more than 520,000 peak concurrent players.
In this article, we've rounded up the 20 most popular games of all time on Steam based on peak concurrent users. Data provided by steam database.
There are some important things to know about this list. It includes free and paid games, as well as non-traditional “games” called “games” banana Players keep clicking on bananas until they get new bananas.
Another thing to know is that the numbers in this list don't represent full coverage of the game, as these numbers only apply to Steam games on PC. Many of the games on this list are available through other PC storefronts, consoles, or Game Pass. Finally, the nature of concurrent players means that it is only a snapshot of one moment in time. For example, peak gaming times in North America and Asia do not overlap.
Finally, you might expect GTA 5 to be on this list, but it doesn't, Despite being one of the best-selling video games in history. That's because GTA 5 on PC launches via Steam Recently divided into two games – GTA V Legacy and GTA V Enhanced. The highest concurrent records for these games are 364,548 for GTA V Legacy and 187,059 for GTA V Enhanced. Combined, the number will exceed 551,000, placing them among the top 20.