Most played Steam games released in 2012

We track 345 games released on Steam in 2012. The most played is Counter-Strike 2, with an all-time peak of 1,862,531 players (released Aug 21, 2012), followed by Crusader Kings II (141,298) and Borderlands 2 (124,803). 33 of the 100 games below have peaked above 10,000 players, and together they have 593,708 people playing right now.

#	Game	All-time peak	Playing now
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,862,531	541,040
2	Crusader Kings II	141,298	572
3	Borderlands 2	124,803	1,768
4	Guns of Icarus Online	107,775	0
5	Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion	93,202	130
6	Euro Truck Simulator 2	73,424	19,302
7	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	70,568	283
8	Cortex Command	62,902	2
9	Torchlight II	54,876	328
10	ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition	41,050	574
11	PlanetSide 2	29,646	159
12	MapleStory	27,411	20,068
13	Hitman: Absolution™	26,111	422
14	Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	25,145	6
15	Far Cry 3	23,042	312
16	Dishonored	19,938	242
17	FTL: Faster Than Light	19,301	543
18	Call of Duty®: Black Ops II	18,295	69
19	Orcs Must Die! 2	16,103	16
20	Castle Crashers®	15,997	223
21	Assassin’s Creed® III	15,022	6
22	Spec Ops: The Line	14,009	12
23	Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection	13,279	12
24	The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition	12,883	200
25	The Darkness II	12,606	24
26	Awesomenauts	12,168	15
27	Blacklight: Retribution	12,131	1
28	The Walking Dead	12,126	98
29	DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition	11,270	39
30	Dream Pinball 3D	10,933	14
31	Risen 2: Dark Waters	10,878	12
32	Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement	10,710	0
33	Realm of the Mad God Exalt	10,051	551
34	Planets Under Attack	9,733	1
35	Max Payne 3	9,584	106
36	Natural Selection 2	9,510	16
37	3SwitcheD	9,495	0
38	Age of Empires® III (2007)	9,490	193
39	Stronghold Kingdoms	8,607	273
40	Star Trek Online	7,902	650
41	Worms Revolution	7,770	8
42	Tribes: Ascend	7,451	0
43	Gotham City Impostors Free to Play	7,249	0
44	Hotline Miami	6,878	124
45	Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition	6,871	465
46	Counter-Strike:Global Offensive	6,716	2,845
47	Alan Wake	6,659	96
48	STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™	6,551	166
49	Iron Sky: Invasion	6,285	6
50	Legend of Grimrock	6,081	12
51	Really Big Sky	5,790	0
52	Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire	5,689	28
53	Jagged Alliance - Back in Action	5,553	14
54	Scribblenauts Unlimited	5,185	20
55	LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™	5,040	59
56	POSTAL 2	4,641	231
57	Vindictus	4,120	72
58	Prototype 2	4,066	37
59	Towns	4,011	2
60	The Lord of the Rings Online™	3,965	453
61	Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013	3,946	7
62	Wargame: European Escalation	3,592	5
63	Warlock - Master of the Arcane	3,493	23
64	Death Rally	3,348	2
65	Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit	3,165	0
66	Deponia	3,073	38
67	Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)	3,017	0
68	Quantum Conundrum	2,938	0
69	Continent of the Ninth Seal	2,866	1
70	Dungeons & Dragons Online®	2,857	129
71	Stronghold 3 Gold	2,841	7
72	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™	2,667	10
73	Super Hexagon	2,653	5
74	Primal Carnage	2,631	0
75	Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes	2,339	6
76	McPixel	2,311	0
77	Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers	2,256	0
78	King's Bounty: Warriors of the North	2,219	58
79	Fallen Earth Classic	2,184	0
80	Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition	2,164	54
81	Little Inferno	2,127	10
82	Jet Set Radio	2,063	3
83	Tower Wars	1,957	0
84	Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic)	1,947	8
85	Painkiller Hell & Damnation	1,928	0
86	Toy Soldiers	1,912	3
87	Offspring Fling!	1,889	0
88	Sonic Adventure 2	1,819	102
89	Dragon Nest	1,786	7
90	Deadlight	1,678	0
91	A Game of Dwarves	1,657	1
92	LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes	1,648	50
93	Lucius	1,477	9
94	Pid	1,428	0
95	Rocksmith™	1,405	0
96	Chaos on Deponia	1,385	5
97	Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition	1,379	2
98	Stellar Impact	1,331	0
99	Mabinogi	1,319	240
100	Street Fighter X Tekken	1,301	3

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