Weekly recap: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

This week's biggest popularity gains (anime)

• STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2nd - 3rd STAGE +8,502 users (now 34,192)
• ONE PIECE +2,174 users (now 755,841)
• You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 +1,947 users (now 63,419)
• The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System +1,896 users (now 66,283)
• BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity +1,568 users (now 90,587)

Increase in popularity (AniList users listing the title) compared with 7 days before, as of the last day of the week. Not shown for weeks without 7 days of prior data yet.

New to the charts this week (anime)

• The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 First appeared on Oct 3, 2026
• Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 First appeared on Oct 2, 2026
• The Ramparts of Ice Season 2 First appeared on Oct 2, 2026
• Pokémon Horizons: The Series First appeared on Oct 1, 2026
• Overgeared First appeared on Sep 28, 2026
• As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Season 3 First appeared on Sep 29, 2026
• Red River First appeared on Oct 1, 2026
• FX Fighter Kurumi-chan First appeared on Oct 2, 2026
• GANSO! BanG Dream Chan First appeared on Oct 2, 2026
• Umayuru: Full Gate! First appeared on Sep 28, 2026

Titles that weren't in the trending, popularity or score rankings before this week started.

Top 10 concurrent players this week (last day)

1. 1
   Counter-Strike 2

   2023

   Players now

   1,130,667

   Today's peak

   1,174,247

   →
2. 2
   Dota 2

   2013

   Players now

   740,625

   Today's peak

   811,390

   →
3. 3
   PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

   2017

   Players now

   546,637

   Today's peak

   605,728

   →
4. 4
   Apex Legends

   2019

   Players now

   190,226

   Today's peak

   205,986

   ↑2
5. 5
   Wardogs

   New2026

   Players now

   184,088

   Today's peak

   214,977

   →
6. 6
   Bongo Cat

   2025

   Players now

   177,134

   Today's peak

   177,134

   ↑42
7. 8
   Rust

   2018

   Players now

   148,870

   Today's peak

   150,419

   ↑19
8. 9
   Valheim

   2021

   Players now

   136,789

   Today's peak

   170,919

   ↓2
9. 10
   Aion 2

   2026

   Players now

   135,895

   Today's peak

   147,878

   ↓11
10. 11
    デルタフォース

    2024

    Players now

    112,063

    Today's peak

    123,548

    ↑13

Biggest rank gains this week

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt #105 → #14
• Bongo Cat #48 → #6
• EA Sports FC 27 #58 → #22
• Dressmaker #107 → #74
• Crusader Kings III #99 → #71

Change in rank vs. last week, as of the last day of the week.

New to the chart this week (games)

1. 10
   Aion 2

   2026

   Players now

   135,895

   Today's peak

   147,878

   ↓11
2. 39
   Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve

   New2026

   Players now

   47,719

   Today's peak

   48,743

   ↓40
3. 50
   Last Epoch

   2019

   Players now

   38,583

   Today's peak

   39,119

4. 56
   The Outlast Trials

   2023

   Players now

   35,491

   Today's peak

   39,005

5. 57
   Transport Fever 3

   New2026

   Players now

   34,787

   Today's peak

   38,996

   ↓58
6. 69
   Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

   2024

   Players now

   29,014

   Today's peak

   29,057

   ↑15
7. 83
   鳴潮

   2024

   Players now

   24,888

   Today's peak

   27,586

   ↓11
8. 92
   Kingdom Rush

   2011

   Players now

   11,193

   Today's peak

   17,346

   ↓93
9. 93
   Minecraft Dungeons II

   New2026

   Players now

   20,238

   Today's peak

   25,181

   ↓94
10. 93
    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    2020

    Players now

    11,172

    Today's peak

    17,316

Games that weren't in the Steam concurrent-players top 100 before this week started. The “New” badge marks the ones actually released in the last 30 days (only games with a release date on Wikidata).