Weekly recap: Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026

This week's notes

• Overgeared gained 6,586 users in the 7 days up to November 1, ranking #1 for popularity gain.
• ONE PIECE has the highest average score, 87, among well-followed titles as of November 1.
• Counter-Strike 2 was #1 for concurrent players on 5 of the 6 days with data, peaking at 1,338,829 players on October 26.
• Phantom Blade Zero first appeared on October 30, and as of November 1 it ranks #3 with 738,162 concurrent players.

Written by AI (Claude) from the numbers in this week's daily digests (6 days of anime data, 6 days of game data) only. Numbers and titles pass automatic checks and a fact check by a separate AI (see Data & Methodology). Data & Methodology

This week's biggest popularity gains (anime)

• Overgeared +6,586 users (now 53,577)
• Black Clover Season 2 +4,362 users (now 101,587)
• Firefly Wedding +4,270 users (now 47,892)
• The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life +3,881 users (now 41,634)
• The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 +3,791 users (now 107,641)

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.

Top 10 concurrent players this week (last day)

1. 1
   Counter-Strike 2

   2023

   Players now

   1,229,883

   Today's peak

   1,270,982

   →
2. 2
   Dota 2

   2013

   Players now

   774,241

   Today's peak

   774,241

   →
3. 3
   Phantom Blade Zero

   New2026

   Players now

   738,162

   Today's peak

   775,647

   ↓4
4. 4
   PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

   2017

   Players now

   694,698

   Today's peak

   781,257

   ↓1
5. 5
   Aion 2

   New2026

   Players now

   224,274

   Today's peak

   225,380

   ↑5
6. 7
   Apex Legends

   2019

   Players now

   185,947

   Today's peak

   204,446

   →
7. 8
   Deadlock

   2024

   Players now

   182,016

   Today's peak

   228,387

   ↓3
8. 9
   Cyberpunk 2077

   2020

   Players now

   166,678

   Today's peak

   166,678

   ↓1
9. 11
   Bongo Cat

   2025

   Players now

   139,721

   Today's peak

   159,896

   ↑43
10. 12
    Probably Stolen

    New2026

    Players now

    138,431

    Today's peak

    140,480

    ↓13

Biggest rank gains this week

• Sons of the Forest #156 → #76
• 紅の砂漠 #130 → #59
• Bongo Cat #54 → #11
• Escape from Tarkov #97 → #56
• 7 Days to Die #87 → #62

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

New to the chart this week (games)

1. 2
   Phantom Blade Zero

   New2026

   Players now

   705,964

   Today's peak

   827,122

   ↓3
2. 10
   Probably Stolen

   New2026

   Players now

   146,727

   Today's peak

   156,413

   ↓11
3. 77
   Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond

   2025

   Players now

   23,196

   Today's peak

   32,037

4. 96
   Age of Empires IV

   2021

   Players now

   17,149

   Today's peak

   22,392

5. 98
   Gray Zone Warfare

   2024

   Players now

   12,898

   Today's peak

   15,755

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).