Steam's Best of 2023 — Most Played
Steam has finished the year by looking at some of the best games from 2023, whether they’re from this year or not. The Most Played category looks at the games played in 2023 that had over 40,000 concurrent players (not counting giveaways or free weekends).
The Most Played were (in no particular order):
OVER 300,000 PEAK PLAYERS
- Counter-Strike 2
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Apex Legends
- Lost Ark
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Sons Of The Forest
- Goose Goose Duck
- Destiny 2
- Starfield
- Dota 2
OVER 150,000 PEAK PLAYERS
- Lethal Company
- NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
- Rust
- THE FINALS
- ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
- Path of Exile
- Team Fortress 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)
- Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Grand Theft Auto V
OVER 80,000 PEAK PLAYERS
- EA SPORTS FC 24
- DAVE THE DIVER
- Unturned
- EA SPORTS FIFA 23
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- Dead by Daylight
- Valheim
- War Thunder
- Football Manager 2023
- Battlefield 2042
- 7 Days to Die
- Warframe
- Battlefield V
- BattleBit Remastered
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- VPet-Simulator
- ARK: Survival Ascended
- Football Manager 2024
- Don't Starve Together
- Party Animals
- Remnant II
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
- Cities: Skylines II
- Phasmophobia
- ELDEN RING
- Left 4 Dead 2
OVER 40,000 PEAK PLAYERS
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- Farlight 84
- MY HERO ULTRA RUMBLE
- Garry's Mod
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Rocket League
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Street Fighter 6
- Sea of Thieves 2023 Edition
- Overwatch 2
- V Rising
- Terraria
- The Sims 4
- Hearts of Iron IV
- NBA 2K23
- Monster Hunter: World
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- tModLoader
- Lords of the Fallen (2023)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
- Payday 2
- Last Epoch
- HoloCure - Save the Fans!
- Love Is All Around
- DayZ
- Cities: Skylines
- Risk of Rain Returns
- PAYDAY 3
- Farming Simulator 22
- Crab Game
- Stardew Valley
- Hunt: Showdown
- Age of Wonders 4
- The Forest
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- VRChat
- Total War: WARHAMMER III
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- Project Zomboid
- New World
- FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Click any of the links above to find all of our coverage of each title!
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