Theo Lambert

Grand Theft Auto V released in 2013 and is still pulling massive Steam concurrent player counts more than a decade later, largely thanks to GTA Online. Here's why it hasn't slowed down.

Team Fortress 2 is nearly two decades old and still pulls huge concurrent player numbers on Steam. Here's how it managed to outlast almost every shooter released after it.

Warframe has been running since 2013 and is still one of the most-played free-to-play games on Steam. Here's how Digital Extremes kept it relevant for over a decade.

Rust remains one of Steam's most-played survival games nearly a decade after release, built entirely around the tension of never really being safe. Here's why it still works.

Nearly a decade after launch, Stardew Valley still pulls a dedicated daily player base. Here's why the farming sim that started as a solo project keeps outlasting its imitators.

Over a decade since launch, Terraria still regularly cracks Steam's top 20 most-played games. Here's what keeps pulling players back into its 2D sandbox world.

Deadlock has no release date, no marketing, and is still invite-only — yet it's pulling concurrent player counts that rival Overwatch. Here's what Valve's mystery project actually is.

Bodycam ditches the usual crosshair-and-HUD shooter look for something closer to found-footage horror. Here's how Reissad Studio's ultra-realistic FPS holds up two years into Early Access.

Battlefield 6 launched to a record-breaking 747,000 concurrent players, then lost most of them within months. Season 4 and the return of Wake Island are trying to change that story.