Most played open world games on Steam

The open world 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 620,649 players between them.

Every kind of game Most played overall

The most played of the open world games right now

Valheim

195,154 at its 24h peak

132,622

playing now

Ranked by players right now

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

Current24h peak

Valheim

132,622 playing · 195K peak

132,622195,154 2

Rust

105,174 playing · 111K peak

105,174111,127 3

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

68,726 playing · 73K peak

68,72672,752 4

Palworld

65,070 playing · 66K peak

65,07065,834 5

Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

61,560 playing · 65K peak

61,56065,331 6

Project Zomboid

48,487 playing · 53K peak

48,48753,369 7

Euro Truck Simulator 2

35,650 playing · 40K peak

35,65040,302 8

Red Dead Redemption 2

35,234 playing · 36K peak

35,23435,644 9

ELDEN RING

34,828 playing · 35K peak

34,82835,224 10

DayZ

33,298 playing · 45K peak

33,29845,165 11

Cyberpunk 2077

32,848 playing · 34K peak

32,84833,659 12

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

32,202 playing · 32K peak

32,20232,267 13

7 Days to Die

28,639 playing · 29K peak

28,63928,639 14

Monster Hunter: World

27,998 playing · 29K peak

27,99828,837 15

No Man's Sky

27,566 playing · 33K peak

27,56632,609 16

Hunt: Showdown 1896

26,946 playing · 28K peak

26,94627,965 17

ARK: Survival Ascended

22,248 playing · 22K peak

22,24822,248 18

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

20,686 playing · 27K peak

20,68627,249 19

The Isle

20,145 playing · 22K peak

20,14521,828 20

Destiny 2

18,786 playing · 28K peak

18,78628,198 21

ARK: Survival Evolved

17,440 playing · 18K peak

17,44017,712 22

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

13,868 playing · 15K peak

13,86814,950 23

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

13,265 playing · 13K peak

13,26513,265 24

Satisfactory

12,629 playing · 16K peak

12,62915,818 25

Fallout 4

10,057 playing · 12K peak

10,05711,750 26

SCUM

9,767 playing · 10K peak

9,76710,474 27

Forza Horizon 5

8,868 playing · 9,087 peak

8,8689,087 28

Watch_Dogs® 2

8,733 playing · 8,733 peak

8,7338,733 29

Sons Of The Forest

8,127 playing · 8,699 peak

8,1278,699 30

Schedule I

7,911 playing · 13K peak

7,91112,635 31

American Truck Simulator

7,592 playing · 11K peak

7,59210,676 32

Albion Online

7,536 playing · 9,109 peak

7,5369,109 33

Fallout 76

7,285 playing · 11K peak

7,28511,111 34

Dying Light

6,918 playing · 6,958 peak

6,9186,958 35

Hogwarts Legacy

6,742 playing · 7,025 peak

6,7427,025 36

Enshrouded

5,822 playing · 8,391 peak

5,8228,391 37

Green Hell

5,314 playing · 6,137 peak

5,3146,137 38

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

4,807 playing · 6,254 peak

4,8076,254 39

Kenshi

4,777 playing · 5,029 peak

4,7775,029 40

Dyson Sphere Program

4,324 playing · 4,324 peak

4,3244,324 41

EVE Online

4,323 playing · 4,882 peak

4,3234,882 42

Far Cry® 5

4,148 playing · 5,282 peak

4,1485,282 43

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands

4,105 playing · 4,644 peak

4,1054,644 44

The Forest

3,858 playing · 4,304 peak

3,8584,304 45

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

3,827 playing · 3,874 peak

3,8273,874 46

Scrap Mechanic

3,385 playing · 4,420 peak

3,3854,420 47

Elite Dangerous

3,376 playing · 4,773 peak

3,3764,773 48

Need for Speed™ Heat

2,817 playing · 3,144 peak

2,8173,144 49

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

2,787 playing · 3,135 peak

2,7873,135 50

The Long Dark

2,765 playing · 2,835 peak

2,7652,835

A game is in this list when its Steam players voted “Open World” 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 open world game on Steam?

Right now it is Valheim, with 132,622 people playing on Steam, followed by Rust (105,174) and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (68,726). The ranking uses Steam's own live player counts and refreshes every 10 minutes.

How many people play open world games on Steam?

The ten most played open world games have 620,649 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 open world games?

Games whose Steam players voted "Open World" 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 Open World votes does not count, which keeps the list to games that are open world games, not games with a Open World moment in them.