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Most played games on Steam in 2016, by peak number of concurrent players (in 1,000s)

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The statistic shows the most played games on Steam in 2016, ranked by peak number of concurrent players. According to the source, DOTA 2 had the highest peak number of players, reaching more than 1.28 million in a single hour.

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