The Steam service constantly monitors statistics on the simultaneous number of users in all games. This factor shows the success of the project on the Valve digital platform. A user named sickgraphs created an animated graph showing the changes in the simultaneous online leaderboard over the past ten years, and posted his creation on .
In July 2009, the first positions were occupied by Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops and Football Manager 2011 then took the lead. Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress and Sid Meier's Civilization V were always present nearby. An important change occurred in November 2011, when The Elder came out on top Scrolls V: Skyrim. In September 2012, Dota 2 became the undisputed leader, which since then has almost always remained in the top three. At the end of 2013, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive won the second place, which then held its position for a long time. In December 2015, she climbed to third place , then took this position for several months .
Since June 2017, PUBG burst into the rating, which became the undisputed leader and displaced Dota 2 and CS:GO from the pedestal. The incredible popularity of the battle royale began to subside only in the spring of 2018, and then the MOBA from Valve again took first place. Below the third position, GTA V regularly appeared, ΠΈ .
Source: 3dnews.ru