Counter-Strike 2 reclaimed the summit on Steam, nudging Battlefield 6 down a peg in its third week. The timing lines up with a CS2 update that shook up loot box values, sending trading chatter through the roof and nudging players back into queues.
What this means for PC players
Shooter meta: BF6 is still printing sales but CS2’s live-ops muscle and economy pull can flip the script in a heartbeat. Expect quick balance nudges from EA as Season 1 heats up.
Newcomers with momentum: Dispatch (AdHoc) opened strong at No. 3, while co-op road tripper RV There Yet? landed at No. 4 with 1.3M copies out of the gate.
Climbers and preorders: Escape from Duckov passed the two-million mark and moved up to No. 5; Arc Raiders preorders sit at No. 6 ahead of the Oct 30 launch.
Hardware wobble: Steam Deck slid to No. 7, a reminder that the chart is a dogfight between big releases and Valve’s own handheld.
Sports and dinos: Football Manager 26 rocketed to No. 8 on FIFA news; Jurassic World Evolution 3 stomped in at No. 9; The Outer Worlds 2 preorders closed the list at No. 10.
Steam Top 10 (week ending Oct 28)
Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
Battlefield 6 (EA)
Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
RV There Yet? (Nuggets Entertainment)
Escape from Duckov (Bilibili)
Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
Steam Deck (Valve)
Football Manager 26 (Sega) [P]
Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Frontier)
The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian) [P]
Quick take
CS2’s item-economy aftershocks and evergreen competitive loop still move mountains. Battlefield 6 remains a heavyweight, but keeping pole position will likely require brisk content beats and sharp server stability as more launches crowd November. For players, queue times are healthy across both shooters; your wallet decides which battle pass wins this week.
