PAYDAY 2, players up 49.9% from the day before (reading at around 05:00 UTC)

At the daily reading of October 28, 2026 (around 05:00 UTC): 15,720 players, against 10,487 on October 27, 2026.

The day’s largest move belongs to TBH: Task Bar Hero (+188.0%), which already led the previous day’s edition: the next largest move leads this one.

It is the second largest percentage move among the 121 games with at least 5,000 players the day before. Catalog change on the same day: −3.3% in total, −0.9% for the median game. PAYDAY 2 game page.

Rising

Game	Players	Since the day before
TBH: Task Bar Hero	57,658	+188.0%
PAYDAY 2	15,720	+49.9%
Unturned	13,562	+42.6%
World of Warships	8,467	+30.1%
Moon Sweepers	38,615	+17.8%

Falling

Game	Players	Since the day before
Dota 2	473,708	−28.1%
HELLDIVERS™ 2	30,488	−21.7%
EA SPORTS FC™ 27	17,507	−10.0%
Marvel Rivals	37,962	−9.7%
Zenless Zone Zero	5,706	−9.4%

The 10 most played

#	Game	Players	Since the day before	Rank the day before
1	Dota 2	473,708	−28.1%	1
2	Counter-Strike 2	469,362	+8.8%	2
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	211,083	−4.5%	3
4	Bongo Cat	143,335	−0.7%	4
5	AION 2	123,985	−6.1%	5
6	Call of Duty®	123,068	+3.2%	6
7	Cyberpunk 2077	96,638	−3.0%	7
8	Team Fortress 2	70,316	+4.3%	9
9	WARDOGS	65,259	−7.1%	8
10	Apex Legends™	63,323	+5.1%	10

The catalog

4,043,266 players across the 307 games recorded on both days, against 4,181,912 the day before (−3.3%).

Only the Steam games tracked by Statcade, not all of Steam. A daily snapshot (around 05:00 UTC), not the day’s total. Frozen edition: the numbers stay those of the day it was closed.