Dota 2 player count
How many people play Dota 2 on Steam, with a 1,096,364 peak in the last 30 days, plus whether it is free and the age ratings Steam lists.
Dota 2 gameplay, images and trailer
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The short version
- Free to play: Free to download and play
- Cosmetic shop: Paid cosmetics only
- 1.1M Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- USK 12, Steam Germany 16, DEJUS 18 (no PEGI rating in Steam data): Age rating
On this page
- Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- 1,096,364
- steamcharts.com Checked 5 Nov 2026
How Dota 2 is rated
GamesChart Score
78.5, #1,108 of 3,236 rated games
#49 of 2013 · #526 of the 2010s · #1 in MOBA · #910 on PC
Critics
Players
Built from 3,031,529 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #1,107
Ring Fit Adventure2019 · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development78.6 - #1,108
Dota 22013 · Valve78.5 - #1,109
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance2015 · Nippon Ichi Software78.5
Dota 2 questions
How many people play Dota 2?
Over the 30 days to 5 November 2026 Dota 2 peaked at 1,096,364 players online at once on Steam, with an average of about 631,617, according to Steam Charts. Its all-time Steam peak is 1,291,328, in March 2016. Steam Charts counts the Steam version only.
What age rating is Dota 2?
Valve's Steam store data lists USK 12 and 16 in Germany, and 18 in Brazil. It shows no PEGI rating, and the PEGI database has no entry for it.
How many monthly players does Dota 2 have?
Valve doesn't give a monthly figure on the Steam pages we read. Steam Charts measures players online at once: a 1,096,364 peak and an average of about 631,617 over the 30 days to 5 November 2026.
Is Dota 2 free to play?
Yes. Dota 2 is free to download and play. It makes its money from optional cosmetic items.
Who makes Dota 2?
Dota 2 is developed by Valve.
Dota 2 is Valve's free-to-play team battle game, and Valve calls it the most-played game on Steam. It came out on Steam on 9 July 2013. This page covers its Steam figures, cost and age ratings.
Players
Dota 2 player count: the 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 1,096,364 concurrent players on 5 November 2026, with an average of about 631,617. About 612,656 were playing when we checked. The all-time Steam peak is 1,291,328, in March 2016.
Monthly peaks: 919,002 in September 2026 and 1,096,364 in October. Steam Charts gives players online at once, not monthly players, and Valve doesn't publish a monthly figure on the Steam pages we read. Steam Charts only counts the Steam version.
How it plays
Dota 2 is a team battle game from Valve, played from above, with more than a hundred heroes. Valve says any hero can fill several roles and that no two games are the same, with regular updates to heroes and features.
You can learn in co-op games against bots, practise in a hero demo mode, and then join matchmaking based on behaviour and skill.
What it costs
Dota 2 is free to play on Steam. Valve says all heroes are free and everything you need to play is included. It sells optional cosmetics, whose prices we haven't recorded here.
Age rating
Valve's Steam store data lists USK 12 and 16 in Germany, and 18 in Brazil. It shows no PEGI rating, and the PEGI database had no entry for it when we searched on 6 November 2026, so there is no official PEGI rating to show.
How we checked
We read the Steam UK listing, Valve's Steam store data and Steam Charts on 5 November 2026, and searched the PEGI database on 6 November 2026. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Valve's Dota 2 Steam store page. © Valve. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Valve.
Official links: Steam
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Dota 2 Steam store screenshots (Valve), published by store.steampowered.com
- Dota 2 on Steam (Valve) – UK price and release date, published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam store data for app 570 (Valve) – UK price, age ratings and features, published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam Charts – Dota 2, published by steamcharts.com
- PEGI database search (no entry, 6 Nov 2026), published by pegi.info
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