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Most played hack and slash games on Steam

The hack and slash games with the most people playing on Steam right now, from Steam's own live player counts, refreshed every ten minutes. The top ten have 106,885 players between them.

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The most played of the hack and slash games right now

Diablo® IV

Diablo® IV

43,477 at its 24h peak

41,398

playing now

Ranked by players right now

Players in game this minute, with each game's peak over the last day.

1Diablo® IV

Diablo® IV

41,398 playing · 43K peak
2Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2

40,889 playing · 46K peak
3Lost Ark

Lost Ark

5,910 playing · 7,753 peak
4Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

5,227 playing · 5,829 peak
5Hades II

Hades II

3,433 playing · 3,652 peak
6Hades

Hades

3,082 playing · 3,198 peak
7Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

2,583 playing · 2,749 peak
8Chivalry 2

Chivalry 2

1,981 playing · 2,499 peak
9Last Epoch

Last Epoch

1,237 playing · 1,237 peak
10NieR:Automata™

NieR:Automata™

1,145 playing · 1,145 peak
11Titan Quest Anniversary Edition

Titan Quest Anniversary Edition

814 playing · 814 peak
12Castle Crashers®

Castle Crashers®

550 playing · 616 peak
13Moonlighter

Moonlighter

489 playing · 543 peak
14Torchlight II

Torchlight II

420 playing · 420 peak
15METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

340 playing · 415 peak
16Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

196 playing · 224 peak
17Astral Ascent

Astral Ascent

132 playing · 132 peak
18Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

112 playing · 112 peak
19Ryse: Son of Rome

Ryse: Son of Rome

90 playing · 105 peak
20Going Under

Going Under

21 playing · 29 peak
21Darksiders™

Darksiders™

18 playing · 32 peak
22King of Crabs

King of Crabs

14 playing · 16 peak
23SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!

SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!

5 playing · 7 peak
24Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition

Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition

2 playing · 2 peak

A game is in this list when its Steam players voted “Hack and Slash” as one of its defining tags. Counts are Steam players only, from Steam's player API, and exclude creative software.

Frequently asked

What is the most played hack and slash game on Steam?

Right now it is Diablo® IV, with 41,398 people playing on Steam, followed by Path of Exile 2 (40,889) and Lost Ark (5,910). The ranking uses Steam's own live player counts and refreshes every 10 minutes.

How many people play hack and slash games on Steam?

The ten most played hack and slash games have 106,885 players on Steam between them right now. These are Steam players only: games that also run on their own launcher or on console have players this number cannot see.

Which games count as hack and slash games?

Games whose Steam players voted "Hack and Slash" as one of their defining tags: among the game's five most-voted tags, with at least half as many votes as the top one. A game that merely has a few Hack and Slash votes does not count, which keeps the list to games that are hack and slash games, not games with a Hack and Slash moment in them.

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