Dota 2
Dota 2 has 459,308 players on Steam right now (, ), rank 2 of the 296 games on our Steam Charts. The 24 hour peak is 829,356. Since we started tracking it on , the highest count we recorded is 829,356 ().
Player count history and peaks
- 24 hour peak
- 829,356
- 7 day peak
- 829,356
- Peak since tracking
- 829,356
- on 24 Sept 2026
- 24 hour change
- -0.7%
- -3,196 players
We read games in the Steam top 100 every 10 minutes and most other games we track every 30 minutes. The 48 hour view shows each reading, the 30 and 90 day views show the hourly peak and average.
Dota 2 players by month
| Month | Avg. players | Change | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days (from ) | 548,175 | 829,356 | |
| September 2026 (from ) | 548,175 | 829,356 |
From our own readings since we started tracking Dota 2 on , taken every 10 to 30 minutes. We don't copy older numbers from other sites, so the table grows one month at a time.
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How the Steam player count works
The number comes from Steam's own API (ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers), fetched through our server every 15 seconds. It counts everyone who has the game open on Steam right now. Steam itself updates that number every few minutes, so the counter can sit still for a while and then jump.
On top of the live number we keep a history for about 300 games: the Steam top 100, games that were in it recently, the games Space-Node hosts servers for, other well played games and games people look up here. Games in the top 100 get a reading every 10 minutes, most others every 30 minutes. The chart shows those readings for the last 48 hours and the hourly peak and average for up to 90 days, and the month table keeps an average and a peak for every month since we started tracking a game, so you can see when a game is busiest and whether it is growing or fading.
Session peak and low only cover the time since you opened this page. Leave it open during a big update or a free weekend and you can watch the count climb in real time. For the full ranking, see Steam Charts.