Best Addictive games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated addictive games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played addictive games are available at the bottom of the page.

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Nubby's Number Factory

A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 07 Mar 2025

Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY

Play guitar or bass and start your musical journey with Rocksmith 2014 Remastered Learn & Play! Perfect for beginners and pros, learn at your own rythmm with 60 tracks and customizable tools. Get ready to rock!

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Dec 2024

Magicraft

"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.

Price 15.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 01 Nov 2024

Desktop Dungeons

Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.

Price 13.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 18 Apr 2023

Battle Ram

Battle Ram - an experiment of scientists developed in a secret laboratory, a powerful creature against robots, who will win?

Price -95% 1.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 05 Jan 2023

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening

Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner

Price -25% 44.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 20 Jul 2022

Retrowave

Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

Price -50% 1.49€
Rating 9.3
Release 06 May 2022

Windjammers 2

The best flying disc game of all time is back, with amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome characters and stages! New update brings new playable characters, new training mode, full crossplay support and more.

Price -88% 2.46€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 Jan 2022

GearCity

Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?

Price -2% 18.69€
Rating 8.5
Release 14 Jan 2022

My Friend Peppa Pig

Start a fun-filled adventure with Peppa Pig. Create your style, meet favorite characters, and play in Peppa’s world. It’s just like being in the TV show!

Price -84% 6.42€
Rating 8.3
Release 22 Oct 2021

Call Of Unity

Soldier Unity prepare for battle! Grab a weapon from the arsenal and go conquer Unity's battlefields!

Price -72% 0.55€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Oct 2021

Rebel Inc: Escalation

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Price -81% 2.80€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Oct 2021

Life is Hard

Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

Price 8.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 14 Aug 2021

Garlic

You are Garlic, an onion-headed boy and you want to climb the Sacred Tower to meet the Cyber Goddess to seduce her...

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 15 Jun 2021

Torque Drift

Build your car, earn sponsors, and compete in online multiplayer drift battles!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 20 Apr 2021

Vecter

Vecter is a fast-paced runner and shooter game where your goal is to survive by the skin of your teeth and raise hell in your path. You get in your ship, you push the throttle on max and then try to survive for as long as possible by annihilating anything that gets in your way.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 14 Oct 2020

Core Defense

A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.4
Release 30 Jul 2020

Family Man

You owe us money, Joe, and we plan to collect. We don't care where it comes from, but you'd better not skip town on us. Otherwise your family will be searching the river for your body.

Price 15.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 22 May 2020

LIT: Bend the Light

Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 May 2020

Jet Lancer

Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.

Price -80% 2.95€
Rating 8.7
Release 12 May 2020

Knock Harder

The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 27 Apr 2020

Lawgivers

Lawgivers is a turn-based political simulation game. Run for elections with your own party and enter parliament to approve or abolish laws. Appoint the president and decide whether you want a democracy or just a fake one instead.

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 02 Apr 2020

Knock Harder: Useless

The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Jan 2020

BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre

BDSM is the first satirical action RPG where you get to play Lou, Satan’s son! Get some booze, kill the traitors, save Hell and rescue the hottest demoness from the clutches of those nasty people and mega-corporations!

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Oct 2019

Most played addictive games on Steam

Take a look at the top addictive games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 26th 2025.

1. Peggle Deluxe

Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness. Peggle Deluxe is a casual, puzzle and arcade game developed by PopCap Games and Inc. and published by PopCap Games, Inc. and Electronic Arts. Released on March 06th 2007 has received 10,471 reviews of which 10,201 were positive and 270 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played addictive game, thanks to its 198 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.5
10,201
270

198
players

2. Peggle™ Nights

Join the Peggle Masters on a dreamtime adventure of alter egos and peg-tastic action. Stay up late to aim, shoot and clear orange pegs, and bask in Extreme Fever glory under the silver moon. Peggle™ Nights is a casual, puzzle and singleplayer game developed by PopCap Games and Inc. and published by PopCap Games, Inc. and Electronic Arts. Released on October 15th 2008 has received 2,599 reviews of which 2,510 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played addictive games.
9.2
2,510
89

96
players