Steam's most played, week to Nov 1: Phantom Blade Zero enters the top 10

Steam's list for Sunday, November 1, 2026

Counter-Strike 2 was again Steam's most played game on Sunday, November 1, with up to 1,288,020 people playing at once, 4% fewer than a week earlier.

New in the top 10: Phantom Blade Zero at No. 5 (new to the top 100); Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at No. 10 (up from No. 11).

Out of the top 10: WARDOGS (now No. 18); AION 2 (now No. 16).

The biggest climbers in the top 100 were Sons Of The Forest, Moon Sweepers, and Crimson Desert Enhanced.

The top 10

Rank	Game	Peak players	Peak vs last week
1	Counter-Strike 2	1,288,020	-4%
2	Dota 2	802,613	-27%
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	802,207	-1%
4	Wallpaper Engine	118,591	-2%
5	Phantom Blade Zero	833,921	New
6	Deadlock	263,220	-2%
7	Call of Duty	193,921	-15%
8	Apex Legends	203,578	-7%
9	Cyberpunk 2077	168,742	-10%
10	Grand Theft Auto V Legacy	75,795	-4%

Biggest climbers

Rank	Game	Peak players	Places
73	Sons Of The Forest	36,591	Up 79 from last week from No. 152
44	Moon Sweepers	83,138	Up 53 from last week from No. 97
68	Crimson Desert Enhanced	43,998	Up 46 from last week from No. 114
14	R.E.P.O.	72,524	Up 34 from last week from No. 48
99	Black Myth: Wukong	24,438	Up 28 from last week from No. 127

Biggest drops

Rank	Game	Peak players	Places
95	Risk of Rain 2	16,506	Down 23 from last week from No. 72
94	How to Fish	16,152	Down 16 from last week from No. 78
90	Dressmaker	23,542	Down 15 from last week from No. 75
91	Once Human	34,149	Down 14 from last week from No. 77
72	Bongo Cat	144,879	Down 12 from last week from No. 60

New in the top 100

Rank	Game	Peak players	Last week
5	Phantom Blade Zero	833,921	Not ranked
24	Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim	152,036	Not ranked
68	Crimson Desert Enhanced	43,998	No. 114
73	Sons Of The Forest	36,591	No. 152
98	No Man's Sky	21,646	No. 119
99	Black Myth: Wukong	24,438	No. 127

From the Steam charts through the Steam Web API. Steam ranks the list by how many people played that day, so a game with a lower peak can rank higher; peak players is the most people in a game at once that day.