2012
4.5% of all play — up from 0.0%
- Football Manager 20130.0% → 1.8%
- Dishonored0.0% → 1.4%
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare0.0% → 0.3%
Fourteen years of Steam, one month at a time
Which Steam games gained the most ground each October?
We compared 14 Octobers, 2012 to 2025. 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.
2012
4.5% of all play — up from 0.0%
2013
4.9% of all play — up from 0.6%
2014
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
2.2% of all play — up from 0.0%
2015
0.3% of all play — up from 0.1%
2016
4.1% of all play — up from 0.0%
2017
0.6% of all play — up from 0.0%
2018
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
1.1% of all play — up from 0.0%
2019
6.3% of all play — up from 0.0%
2020
1.2% of all play — up from 0.0%
2021
9.8% of all play — up from 0.0%
2022
Call of Duty®
2.2% of all play — up from 0.0%
2023
1.1% of all play — up from 0.0%
2024
2.6% of all play — up from 0.0%
2025
5.1% of all play — up from 0.0%