Fourteen years of Steam, one month at a time

Every August

Which Steam games gained the most ground each August?

We compared 15 Augusts, 2012 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.

2012

Counter-Strike 2

3.5% of all play — up from 0.2%

DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die Edition0.0% → 1.6%
Sleeping Dogs0.0% → 1.0%
Orcs Must Die! 20.0% → 0.6%

2013

2.0% of all play — up from 0.0%

Payday 20.0% → 2.0%
Europa Universalis IV0.0% → 0.5%
War Thunder0.0% → 0.5%

2014

ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead

0.8% of all play — up from 0.4%

Robocraft0.6% → 1.1%
Firefall0.1% → 0.5%
Path of Exile0.3% → 0.6%

2015

1.0% of all play — up from 0.6%

Magic Duels0.0% → 0.3%
Warframe1.1% → 1.6%
Just Survive0.5% → 0.8%

2016

1.7% of all play — up from 0.0%

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided0.0% → 0.7%
Unturned1.3% → 1.6%
Dota 229.4% → 31.5%

2017

1.7% of all play — up from 0.4%

PUBG: Battlegrounds8.9% → 14.5%
Black Squad0.0% → 0.3%
Dota 219.4% → 20.8%

2018

Monster Hunter: World

6.3% of all play — up from 0.0%

For Honor0.2% → 0.7%
No Man's Sky0.5% → 0.9%
Graveyard Keeper0.0% → 0.3%

2019

Remnant: From the Ashes

0.9% of all play — up from 0.0%

No Man's Sky0.1% → 0.7%
Oxygen Not Included0.1% → 0.5%
Grand Theft Auto V3.1% → 3.4%

2020

3.4% of all play — up from 0.0%

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)0.0% → 0.6%
Risk of Rain 20.1% → 0.7%
Among Us0.1% → 0.5%

2021

Naraka: Bladepoint

1.4% of all play — up from 0.0%

Bless Unleashed0.0% → 1.0%
Splitgate0.1% → 0.9%
MIR40.0% → 0.3%

2022

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered

0.6% of all play — up from 0.0%

Cult of the Lamb0.0% → 0.5%
Total War: WARHAMMER III0.1% → 0.5%
Path of Exile0.3% → 0.6%

2023

Baldur's Gate III

8.2% of all play — up from 0.2%

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon0.0% → 1.6%
Remnant II0.0% → 0.6%
Overwatch®0.0% → 0.5%

2024

Black Myth: Wukong

13.9% of all play — up from 0.0%

Path of Exile0.4% → 1.1%
Supermarket Together0.0% → 0.3%

2025

Counter-Strike: Source

0.7% of all play — up from 0.4%

Path of Exile 20.1% → 0.4%
Battlefield™ 20420.1% → 0.4%
Dota 27.0% → 8.9%

2026

How to Fish

2.2% of all play — up from 0.0%

Project Zomboid0.4% → 1.1%
Peak0.2% → 0.6%
Helldivers 20.4% → 0.8%