Most played RTS games on Steam

The RTS 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 112,653 players between them.

Every kind of game Most played overall

The most played of the RTS games right now

Total War: WARHAMMER III

89,476 at its 24h peak

79,757

playing now

Ranked by players right now

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

Current24h peak

Total War: WARHAMMER III

79,757 playing · 89K peak

79,75789,476 2

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

23,521 playing · 25K peak

23,52125,413 3

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

4,546 playing · 5,019 peak

4,5465,019 4

Northgard: Definitive Edition

1,289 playing · 1,594 peak

1,2891,594 5

Total War: ROME REMASTERED

1,055 playing · 1,173 peak

1,0551,173 6

War Selection

831 playing · 999 peak

831999 7

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

723 playing · 788 peak

723788 8

Battle Realms: Zen Edition

383 playing · 383 peak

383383 9

Steel Division 2

282 playing · 293 peak

282293 10

Kingdom Heroes 8

266 playing · 266 peak

266266 11

A Total War Saga: TROY

225 playing · 245 peak

225245 12

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

164 playing · 169 peak

164169 13

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)

146 playing · 240 peak

146240 14

Creeper World 4

110 playing · 150 peak

110150 15

Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

98 playing · 110 peak

98110 16

GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

88 playing · 104 peak

88104 17

The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition

Circle Empires

Cepheus Protocol

Iron Marines

Earth 2160

Heroes of Annihilated Empires

4 playing · 4 peak

A game is in this list when its Steam players voted “RTS” 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 RTS game on Steam?

Right now it is Total War: WARHAMMER III, with 79,757 people playing on Steam, followed by Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (23,521) and Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (4,546). The ranking uses Steam's own live player counts and refreshes every 10 minutes.

How many people play RTS games on Steam?

The ten most played RTS games have 112,653 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 RTS games?

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