Online Dota 2 continued to grow - 17% more users played it in July

In July, the average online Dota 2 increased by 17.07% compared to June. The figure was 545.5 thousand gamers. The statistics were shared by the Steam Charts portal.

From March to May, Dota 2 was losing its audience. From an average player count of 597K, that number dropped to 422K. The trend changed in June when the Dark Carnival update was released for the MOBA. July was the second month in which online gaming grew.

On the night of July 31, the developers also released an update with which they released a compendium for The International 2026 and patch 7.41e. Valve has reduced the MMR for players with the Titan rank. You can find out more about this in the material.