Best Modern 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 modern games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played modern games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Mad Smartphone Tycoon
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Gym Simulator 24
Gym Simulator 24: Build Your Fitness Empire! Embark on a journey to create your dream fitness haven in Gym Simulator 24, the ultimate simulation game where you'll ascend the ranks and craft your very own fitness empire.
Arcanists
Players take turns in a race against the clock, utilising an array of spells to defeat their opponents in battle! Victory is accomplished by becoming the 'last man standing' (or last team) after all other players have been reduced to zero hitpoints.
Platform 8
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
天呐！找不到真爱就扑街！
First-person perspective through role-playing When getting along with the "Destined Heroine", they constantly make choices to deepen mutual understanding, and strive to exchange sincerity for true love. These choices determine the final emotional outcome. In the end, who will Huang Di's true love be
Instruments of Destruction
Break thru walls, tear down buildings, and send structures crashing into each other in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based destruction. Pilot a variety of vehicles across dozens of missions and high score challenges in this highly-interactive world.
Paradise
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.
风岬-The Everlasting lovestory at the Windcap
I was abandoned by the world, and she was forgotten by time. Attracted by loneliness, we cling to each other because of misfortune. The happy fairy tale woven by the two eventually turned into a curse of despair.
The Backrooms: Unbounded
The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?
Ready or Not
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
Anon's Neko Waifus
Discover an enchanting world where cute neko girls await to steal your heart. Immerse yourself in a tale of romance and emotions. It's the perfect getaway for a good time.
The Exit 8
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
High School Odyssey
A campus simulation game full of tons of surprising interactive gameplay elements along the way.
Crossfire: Sierra Squad
Fierce military arcade shooter in VR for single-player and co-op multiplayer. Drop into a variety of indoor and outdoor battle scenes with 63 missions, 39 different weapons, and 17 types of enemies as you lead an elite fireteam into immersive 360° combat.
Scene Investigators
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
Long Gone Days
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
InfraSpace
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Highrise City
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Project Hardline
Project Hardline is a party first person shooter game where two teams fight to capture an uplink station. This uplink station contains vital intel and must not fall into the wrong hands. With every round a team faces, they will come back with better gear. This game is perfect for a party of friends.
Supreme Ruler 2030
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive reverse bullet hell.
Open Mod 2024.2
Open Mod is an entirely free to play, niche, tactical, extreme hardcore first person shooter with immersive aspects that may not have been seen before.
Most played modern games on Steam
Take a look at the top modern games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 15th 2025.
1. Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler! Supreme Ruler Ultimate is a grand strategy, tactical and military game developed and published by BattleGoat Studios. Released on October 17th 2014 has received 1,223 reviews of which 943 were positive and 280 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played modern games.
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2. A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B. A=B is a puzzle, programming and education game developed and published by Artless Games. Released on March 29th 2022 has received 809 reviews of which 773 were positive and 36 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played modern games.
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