2012
11.5% of all play — up from 0.0%
- Team Fortress 20.0% → 9.9%
- Counter-Strike0.0% → 7.4%
- Football Manager 20120.0% → 6.7%
Fourteen years of Steam, one month at a time
Which Steam games gained the most ground each July?
We compared 15 Julys, 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
11.5% of all play — up from 0.0%
2013
1.0% of all play — up from 0.3%
2014
2.3% of all play — up from 0.0%
2015
3.9% of all play — up from 0.7%
2016
0.7% of all play — up from 0.0%
2017
8.9% of all play — up from 5.6%
2018
0.5% of all play — up from 0.0%
2019
1.3% of all play — up from 0.8%
2020
0.5% of all play — up from 0.0%
2021
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
0.4% of all play — up from 0.0%
2022
1.4% of all play — up from 0.0%
2023
0.7% of all play — up from 0.0%
2024
2.3% of all play — up from 0.0%
2025
0.8% of all play — up from 0.4%
2026
5.6% of all play — up from 0.4%