AVARIXO ORIGINAL DATA • GAMING MOMENTUM
Avarixo Trending Games Index
A reproducible Steam momentum snapshot built from the official Top Sellers and Most Played charts.
Dataset snapshot: AVX-TREND-2026-10-08-v5 • Captured: October 8, 2026 • Methodology: v1.0
Quick answer
In Avarixo’s October 8, 2026 afternoon Steam snapshot, Dota 2 leads with 90/100 (Most Played #2, Top Sellers #1). Counter-Strike 2 follows at 80/100 (#1 and #3), then AION 2 at 60/100 (#4 and #2). The Outlast Trials and ARC Raiders also appear in the current Global Top Sellers top five. Steam’s live rankings may change at any moment.
Steam momentum snapshot
| Rank | Game | Most Played rank | Players in snapshot | Top Sellers rank | Avarixo Momentum Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dota 2 | #2 | 820,749 | #1 | 90 / 100 |
| 2 | Counter-Strike 2 | #1 | 1,192,067 | #3 | 80 / 100 |
| 3 | AION 2 | #4 | 297,258 | #2 | 60 / 100 |
| 4 | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | #3 | 688,267 | Outside top 5 | 30 / 100 |
| 5 | The Outlast Trials | Outside top 5 | — | #4 | 20 / 100 |
| 6 | Apex Legends | #5 | 206,432 | Outside top 5 | 10 / 100 |
| 6 | ARC Raiders | Outside top 5 | — | #5 | 10 / 100 |
How the Avarixo Momentum Score works
The score uses only each title’s position in Steam’s visible top five at capture time. A rank contributes 50, 40, 30, 20 or 10 points for positions 1 through 5 in Most Played, and the same scale independently for Top Sellers. The two values are added, producing a maximum of 100.
Example: Dota 2 is #2 Most Played (40 points) and #1 Top Seller (50 points), for 90/100. This makes the calculation transparent and reproducible.
Important limitation
Steam charts are live and can change quickly. This is a dated snapshot, not a permanent ranking and not a measure of the entire global games market.
Official source
Reuse and citation
Steam owns the underlying chart data. Player counts in this table are concurrent players, not the daily peak. Both first-party Steam charts were checked again on October 8, 2026, in the afternoon (Morocco time). Player counts in the table show concurrent players at capture, and rankings may differ when revisited. The snapshot normalization and Avarixo Momentum Score are original Avarixo fields. Cite Avarixo Trending Games Index when reusing those calculations.