With news aplenty in April, the sim racing and racing game space certainly was rather exciting. How did this reflect on player numbers? Here are the most played racing games on Steam in April of 2025.
Note: This is not a definitive list of the games' players. Most are available outside of Steam on platforms such as EA Play, Epic Games, and others, and many are also available on consoles, for which the data is not readily available. As a result, this list is based exclusively on the numbers relevant to Steam.
While iRacing is available on Steam as well, its numbers are not representative as most players acces the sim through its own UI. As a result, its statistics are not included in this article.
Big announcements, updates and new releases - April was anything but calm in regards to sim racing and racing games. One of the more prominent updates was rolled out to BeamNG.drive, adding rally pace notes, deepening its career mode, and improving drivability.
Players seemed to appreciate that: Once again, BeamNG.drive tops the list by quite a margin, and it also recorded a new all-time concurrent player peak on April 5 at almost 30,600. Its previous best of 29,827 from December 2024 was not too far behind, however.
Meanwhile, both Assetto Corsa EVO and Wreckfest 2, which are available in Early Access, slipped below our cutoff of 250 average players, which is why they are not on the list. As both titles are due big updates, with AC EVO's second Early Access release rolling out on May 7 already, this is certainly going to change.
Steam: Most Played Racing Games in April 2025
| Title | Avg. Players | Peak Concurrent | Gain/Loss % |
|---|---|---|---|
| BeamNG.drive | 16,386.9 | 30,595 | 4.19 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 10,599.6 | 26,636 | -7.76 |
| Assetto Corsa | 9,269.4 | 16,925 | -2.29 |
| F1 24 | 4,611.5 | 9,665 | 1.00 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4,551.2 | 10,948 | -16.23 |
| MX Bikes | 2,881.4 | 4,523 | -3.67 |
| Need for Speed Heat | 2,190.7 | 4,380 | -27.39 |
| Assetto Corsa Competizione | 1,980.8 | 4,310 | 0.26 |
| F1 Manager 2024 | 1,831.8 | 3,974 | 4.07 |
| Trackmania | 1,821.7 | 4,518 | 44.76 |
| CarX Drift Racing Online | 1,495.3 | 2,351 | -4.96 |
| Motor Town: Behind The Wheel | 1,339.5 | 2,658 | -3.97 |
| Asphalt Legends Unite | 1,208.7 | 1,982 | 6.26 |
| My Summer Car | 1,160.3 | 2,410 | -8.15 |
| Le Mans Ultimate | 1,134.3 | 3,031 | -6,74 |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 1,016.4 | 2,014 | -27.05 |
| The Crew 2 | 1,007.8 | 2,089 | -7.59 |
| DiRT Rally 2.0 | 874.1 | 1,534 | -12.07 |
| Trailmakers | 869.5 | 1,670 | -42.59 |
| F1 23 | 714.0 | 1,485 | 26.09 |
| Automobilista 2 | 675.8 | 1,544 | -9.14 |
| The Crew Motorfest | 610.8 | 1,142 | -44.53 |
| RaceRoom | 591.4 | 1,253 | 28.57 |
| Forza Motorsport | 535.5 | 1,004 | -1.49 |
| CarX Street | 510.6 | 981 | -6.51 |
| Liftoff | 461.0 | 730 | -3.39 |
| EA Sports WRC | 447.8 | 978 | -17.52 |
| Uncrashed: FPV Drone Simulator | 446.2 | 897 | -2.69 |
| Tokyo Xtreme Racer | 435.9 | 786 | -45.67 |
| Wreckfest | 423.1 | 1,123 | -9.48 |
| Motorsport Manager | 372.6 | 745 | 11.56 |
| Mon Bazou | 339.8 | 766 | -38.99 |
| rFactor 2 | 303.4 | 721 | -4.16 |
| F1 22 | 274.9 | 609 | 36.62 |
| Need For Speed Payback | 262.5 | 563 | -21.75 |
| Descenders | 257.0 | 526 | -1.05 |
Most Played Racing Games on Steam in April 2025 (cap at 250 avg. players). Source: steamcharts.com
Among other established sims, Assetto Corsa continues to do well despite a slight drop in average players, while F1 24 follows close behind. ACC remained largely unchanged, while both Automobilista 2 and EA Sports WRC saw decreases in players as well. RaceRoom, on the other hand, gained almost 30% in the average concurrent player department, possibly aided by the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) and the Nürburgring-Nordschleife being free to play for everyone over Easter.
Despite WEC coming back from its long break between the first two races, Le Mans Ultimate saw a slight loss in players, similar to its quasi-predecessor rFactor 2.
As for the newly-released Monster Energy Supercross 25, the Milestone-developed game did not make our cutoff either, averaging 100.3 concurrent players with a peak of 228. MotoGP 25 was released at the very end of April, so there is no proper data available for the month. As of May 6, 2025, the game's average is at 541.7 concurrent players, withg a peak of 1,051 players having been set on May 1.
What do you make of the Steam player numbers for racing sims and games in April 2025? Let us know in the comments below!
