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.
