PvP Games Are Holding Steam’s Top 10 in an Iron Grasp

Marvel Rivals is a star, but it’s just one in the constellation of PvP games dominating Steam. According to SteamCharts, games featuring player-versus-player combat are shredding the competition. With hundreds of thousands of active players, there’s arguably no better time to wade into the trenches and take your spot in the arena. From hero shooters and MOBAs to survival games and FPS, you can deal death beside your friends in a dozen different ways. By sword, gun, or sorcerer’s spell, we’ll grind that kill/death ratio somehow. Here are the games holding Steam’s top 10 in a chokehold.

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Though Wallpaper Engine and Banana hold top spots according to SteamCharts, neither are games in the traditional sense. Remove them from consideration, and the top 10 list showcases some of the best the PvP scene has to offer. Here are the top games for both peak and current players according to SteamCharts:

Steam Ranking	Game	Current Players	Peak Players (last 30 days)
1st	Counter-Strike 2	1,174,001	1,740,261
2nd	Dota 2	596,499	719,825
3rd	PUBG: Battlegrounds	454,479	799,077
4th	Marvel Rivals	274,083	642,333
5th	Path of Exile 2	219,598	517,060
6th	Grand Theft Auto 5	166,945	217,485
7th	Rust	145,168	259,646
8th	Wallpaper Engine	119,729	143,689
9th	Banana	119,178	126,816
10th	Palworld	116,928	212,559
11th	Naraka: Bladepoint	107,534	322,243
12th	Apex Legends	90,290	155,869

Seeing newcomer Marvel Rivals reach the top 4 is no surprise. It offers polished gameplay, iconic characters, and a third-person camera to appreciate your cutest cosmetics. Invisible Woman mains and Jeff the Land Shark enjoyers alike have reasons to rejoice. Even games like Grand Theft Auto 5 and PoE 2 without PvP as their primary focus show the importance of a little head-to-head competition. As long as gamers have a leaderboard to climb, a rank to earn, or something to prove, PvP isn’t going anywhere.