Analytics: 319 million people played Counter-Strike 2, while 222 million played Dota 2

Simon Carless of GameDiscoverCo shared data on the audience size of some hit games on Steam. His statistics include both paid and free-to-play projects.

Counter-Strike 2

Carless mentioned the figures in a large table originally dedicated to games available on the Steam Deck. You can view it in its entirety here.

We compiled part of the data for the most popular games:

• Counter-Strike 2 — 318.83 million players;
• Dota 2 — 222.6 million players;
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS — 169.6 million players;
• Team Fortress 2 — 100.49 million players;
• Left 4 Dead 2 — 66.2 million players;
• Unturned — 52.3 million players;
• Warframe — 46.3 million players;
• PAYDAY 2 — 39.4 million players;
• Call of Duty — 39.1 million players;
• Terraria — 37.6 million players;
• Destiny 2 — 37.1 million players;
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X — 36.68 million players;
• Garry’s Mod — 36.2 million players;
• War Thunder — 36.1 million players;
• ARK: Survival Evolved — 34.3 million players;
• Brawlhalla — 33.5 million players;
• Don’t Starve Together — 33.48 million players;
• Lost Ark — 32 million players;
• The Forest — 31.4 million players;
• Among Us — 30.2 million players.

Please note: the analyst only reported the number of people who played these titles on Steam. He did not provide information for other platforms.