New games get the attention, but plenty of the games near the top of the player charts are five, ten or more years old. Here are the 10 busiest multiplayer games that have been out for at least five years.
Data as of November 11, 2026, 02:59 Beijing time (November 10, 18:59 UTC). Rule: among the games we track, release date before November 1, 2021 and the store's "Multi-player" category, ranked by current players, top 10. Player counts and review scores are from our latest collection; review scores cover all languages.
The list
Valve's competitive shooter. It has the most players of any game we track right now. Its store page keeps the 2012 release date, because CS2 shares the page with the older CS:GO.
A team battle game with over a hundred heroes, released in 2013 and second on our whole-site list today.
A battle royale shooter released in 2017 and now free to play.
A multiplayer survival game where wildlife, the environment and other survivors are all threats. Released in 2018; paid.
A team shooter with nine distinct classes, released in 2007: the oldest game on this list.
A free battle royale hero shooter released in November 2020: the newest game on this list.
Free military vehicle combat across air, land and sea, released in 2013.
The PC version of the open-world action game, released in 2015; paid, and tagged as multiplayer in the store.
A free online co-op action game with third-person combat, released in 2013.
An elite team tactical shooter, released in December 2015.
What the numbers show
8 of the 10 are free to play; the other two are Rust and Grand Theft Auto V Legacy. Counter-Strike 2 leads with 982,053 players, about 19 times the tenth place, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (51,879).
Among the ten, the lowest review score is PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (60%) and the highest is Team Fortress 2 (91%).