Most Popular Video Games Right Now (Mid-2024)

Popularity shifts weekly. Current leaders by concurrent players, revenue, and cultural buzz:

Live Service Giants (Steam/Console Concurrent)

• Counter-Strike 2 (~1.2M peak)
• Dota 2 (~800K peak)
• PUBG: Battlegrounds (~600K peak)
• Apex Legends (~400K peak)
• Destiny 2 (~300K peak)
• Warframe (~150K peak)

Evergreen Sellers

• Minecraft (300M+ copies, all platforms)
• Grand Theft Auto V (195M+ copies, GTA Online still huge)
• Roblox (70M+ daily active users, mostly mobile)
• Fortnite (230M+ monthly, cross-platform)

Recent Breakouts (2023–2024)

• Helldivers 2 (co-op shooter phenomenon)
• Balatro (poker roguelike, 1M+ in weeks)
• Palworld (25M+ in month, "Pokémon with guns")
• Lethal Company (co-op horror, viral)
• Dragon's Dogma 2 (single-player RPG hit)

Upcoming Hype

• Black Myth: Wukong (Aug 2024)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Aug 2024)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PC) (2025)
• GTA VI (2025)

Check SteamDB, SteamCharts, TwitchTracker for real-time data.