Most Played & Most Watched Games Right Now
Trending games by live Steam players + Twitch viewers · updated 17m ago
The most played game on Steam right now is Counter-Strike 2 with 1.07M concurrent players, ahead of Dota 2 and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. The most watched game on Twitch is League of Legends with 179K live viewers. Both leaderboards refresh hourly — last updated 17m ago.
Unlike a Steam-only chart, The Game Traders ranks games two ways — by live concurrent players (Steam Web API) and by live Twitch viewers — so you can see what people are actually playing and what they are watching, side by side. Hot on both boards right now: Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Grand Theft Auto V Legacy.
Top 20 by Steam Players
Live concurrent in-game · Steam Web API
1Counter-Strike 2
ActionFree To Play1.07Mplaying now82.3Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- Steam News · Counter-Strike 2 Pro Aleksib Faces Four-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Over Charges of Aggravated Tax Fraud
- IGN · Counter-Strike 2 Pro Aleksib Faces Four-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Over Charges of Aggravated Tax Fraud
- Dexerto · CS2 pro Aleksib facing suspended prison sentence over alleged tax fraud
3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer430Kplaying now9,194watching on TwitchLatest news
6WARDOGS
ShooterSimulatorTactical150Kplaying now13.1Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- GamingBolt · WARDOGS Starts Region-Locking to Curtail Cheaters, Studio Boss Says It’s Not a Permanent Solution
- IGN · 'Regions Are Cheating and We Need to Address It' — Wardogs Dev Says Region Locking Is About 'Protecting the Largest Amount of Players'
- DualShockers · WARDOGS Wages Controversial Region Warfare Over Cheating
8Apex Legends™
ActionAdventureFree To Play115Kplaying now10.3Kwatching on TwitchLatest news
11Team Fortress 2
ActionFree To Play84.3Kplaying now143watching on TwitchLatest news
13Enshrouded
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure72.9Kplaying now25.6Kwatching on TwitchLatest news
15ARC Raiders
Action69.9Kplaying now14.5Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- Steam News · Arc Raiders player says Embark used ChatGPT to respond to them, sent messages intended for others
- GamesRadar · Arc Raiders player says Embark used ChatGPT to respond to them, sent messages intended for others
- PC Gamer · Over '30 million rounds of PvE were played' over the last week in Arc Raiders but Embark still needs 'a bit of time to understand what the data is telling us'
17Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
ActionAdventure68.9Kplaying now64.8Kwatching on Twitch
18Delta Force
ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer65.8Kplaying now4,909watching on TwitchLatest news
19TBH: Task Bar Hero
PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Indie60.9Kplaying now28watching on Twitch
20Slay the Spire 2
IndieStrategyEarly Access60.7Kplaying now2,043watching on TwitchLatest news
Top 20 by Twitch Viewers
Live concurrent viewers across top streams
1League of Legends
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyMOBA179Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- PCGamesN · Riot is finally changing Mel's reflect, but I'm going to miss League of Legends' most busted mechanic
- Steam News · League of Legends Virtual K-Pop Group K/DA Reemerge After 6 Years of Silence With New Single and Music Video From the Makers of Arcane
- IGN · League of Legends Virtual K-Pop Group K/DA Reemerge After 6 Years of Silence With New Single and Music Video From the Makers of Arcane
3119Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- 4
Counter-Strike 2
ActionFree To Play82.3Kwatching on Twitch1.07Mplaying on SteamLatest news- Steam News · Counter-Strike 2 Pro Aleksib Faces Four-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Over Charges of Aggravated Tax Fraud
- IGN · Counter-Strike 2 Pro Aleksib Faces Four-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Over Charges of Aggravated Tax Fraud
- Dexerto · CS2 pro Aleksib facing suspended prison sentence over alleged tax fraud
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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
ActionAdventure64.8Kwatching on Twitch68.9Kplaying on Steam 
10World of Warcraft
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure38.4Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- Massively Overpowered · World of Warcraft Forever touts its campfires as a place to ‘rest, prepare, and connect’
- PC Gamer · Everyone gets a free ticket to World of Warcraft: Forever today as Blizzard stress tests the servers ahead of launch day
- Steam News · New Official $395 World of Warcraft Release Confirmed for 2027
1227.8Kwatching on Twitch
13Deadlock
ShooterIndie26.5Kwatching on TwitchLatest news- DualShockers · Deadlock: 10 Heroes With Abilities That Can Turn Around a Losing Fight
- Steam News · 110 million votes later Nurse Harrow has finally made it into Deadlock, with special thanks to a particularly dedicated player who 'cast exactly 1,000 votes for her'
- PC Gamer · 110 million votes later Nurse Harrow has finally made it into Deadlock, with special thanks to a particularly dedicated player who 'cast exactly 1,000 votes for her'
14ELDEN RING
ActionRPG25.7Kwatching on Twitch23.9Kplaying on SteamLatest news- 15
Enshrouded
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure25.6Kwatching on Twitch72.9Kplaying on SteamLatest news 
16Gray Zone Warfare
ShooterSimulatorAdventure22.1Kwatching on TwitchLatest news
18Hearthstone
StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Card & Board Game19.4Kwatching on TwitchLatest news
19Dead by Daylight
Action19.3Kwatching on Twitch56.4Kplaying on SteamLatest news
20Overwatch®
ActionFree To Play19.1Kwatching on Twitch55.5Kplaying on SteamLatest news
Most played games — frequently asked questions
- What is the most played game right now?
- Counter-Strike 2 is the most played game on Steam right now with 1.07M concurrent players, followed by Dota 2 and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. The leaderboard updates hourly.
- What game is most watched on Twitch right now?
- League of Legends is the most watched game on Twitch right now with 179K live viewers.
- What is the most popular game in 2026?
- Popularity shifts daily. Right now Counter-Strike 2 leads Steam with 1.07M concurrent players; this page tracks the most played and most watched games throughout 2026, refreshed hourly.
- How often are these rankings updated?
- Both the most-played (Steam) and most-watched (Twitch) leaderboards refresh every hour from live official data.
- Where does this data come from?
- Player counts come from the official Steam Web API (live concurrent in-game players). Viewer counts come from the Twitch API (live concurrent viewers across each game's streams).
Steam concurrent players via Valve · Twitch viewer counts via Twitch Helix · refreshed every hour