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Thanks to a (now patched) hole in Valve's API, there is a definitive ranking of Steam games (with developer-defined Achievements) based on player estimates. Team Fortress 2 is in first place with over 50 million players, trailed closely by Counterstrike 2 at 46 million. The full CSV may be accessed here.
Because this data is derived directly from Steam's API for each game, it ends up much more precise than the old Steam Gauge/Steam Spy estimation methods, which relied on random sampling of a small portion of the Steam player base. But this method only works for games with developer-defined Achievements, so it covers about 13,000 of the roughly 23,000 games now on Steam.
Because this data is derived directly from Steam's API for each game, it ends up much more precise than the old Steam Gauge/Steam Spy estimation methods, which relied on random sampling of a small portion of the Steam player base. But this method only works for games with developer-defined Achievements, so it covers about 13,000 of the roughly 23,000 games now on Steam.