Fourteen years of Steam, one month at a time

Every April

Which Steam games gained the most ground each April?

We compared 14 Aprils, 2013 to 2026. Each year is ranked by how much a game grew against its own previous month — so a game doubling from a small base beats a giant drifting, and the winner is what changed rather than what was biggest.Share is measured against the games we track, not all of Steam.

2013

2.1% of all play — up from 0.3%

Age of Empires II: HD Edition0.0% → 0.9%
Defiance0.0% → 0.7%
Torchlight II0.3% → 0.6%

2014

1.0% of all play — up from 0.0%

FTL: Faster Than Light0.1% → 0.7%
Age of Wonders III0.0% → 0.3%
Space Engineers0.2% → 0.4%

2015

Grand Theft Auto V

11.3% of all play — up from 0.0%

AdVenture Capitalist0.0% → 0.7%
Killing Floor 20.0% → 0.7%
Pillars of Eternity0.0% → 0.6%

2016

3.5% of all play — up from 0.0%

Tree of Savior (English Ver.)0.1% → 0.8%
Enter the Gungeon0.0% → 0.2%
Rocket League1.1% → 1.4%

2017

PUBG: Battlegrounds

3.1% of all play — up from 0.8%

Fallout Shelter0.0% → 0.7%
Stellaris0.2% → 0.8%
Payday 20.3% → 0.7%

2018

Far Cry 5

0.9% of all play — up from 0.0%

BATTLETECH0.0% → 0.7%
Frostpunk0.0% → 0.6%
Crusader Kings II0.1% → 0.3%

2019

0.8% of all play — up from 0.0%

Borderlands 20.3% → 0.9%
Mortal Kombat 110.0% → 0.6%
Total War: WARHAMMER II0.5% → 0.8%

2020

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

2.6% of all play — up from 0.0%

Fallout 760.0% → 0.4%
Last Oasis0.0% → 0.3%
Risk of Rain 20.1% → 0.4%

2021

1.1% of all play — up from 0.0%

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth0.2% → 1.1%
Path of Exile0.5% → 1.1%
Stellaris0.3% → 0.5%

2022

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

0.5% of all play — up from 0.0%

Warframe0.6% → 0.9%
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online0.3% → 0.6%
Ark: Survival Evolved0.7% → 1.0%

2023

1.3% of all play — up from 0.3%

Resident Evil 40.0% → 0.7%
Counter-Strike 216.1% → 17.7%
Dota 28.0% → 8.3%

2024

1.0% of all play — up from 0.2%

Path of Exile0.3% → 0.9%
Fallout 760.1% → 0.4%
Destiny 20.7% → 1.0%

2025

1.7% of all play — up from 0.5%

Clair Obscur: Expedition 330.0% → 1.1%
Path of Exile 20.5% → 1.5%
Last Epoch0.0% → 0.6%

2026

1.7% of all play — up from 0.0%

Gray Zone Warfare0.0% → 0.3%
House Flipper0.0% → 0.2%
Warframe0.8% → 1.0%