Issue 24

66 games in the database ／ Discovering indie games from Asia — and checking whether they speak your language.

Popular games: do they speak your language?

The most-played games on Steam right now, each with official language support, the share of reviews written in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and the gist of the latest official announcement. Updated weekly.

Ranked by Steam weekly concurrent players (Oct 18, 2026)

  1. #1 ・ Peak 1,355,257 players ・ Chinese reviews 15%

    Counter-Strike 2

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-14：Demo and replay viewer upgrades — a download progress bar, click-and-drag camera and free camera while paused — plus updated AUG reload animations and Vulkan stability fixes.

  2. #2 ・ Peak 1,009,131 players ・ Chinese reviews 7.5%

    Dota 2

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese ✓Korean♪ ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-07：A new treasure chest of eldritch, otherworldly cosmetic sets, including Fantastical and Immortal items.

  3. #3 ・ Peak 808,407 players ・ Chinese reviews 52%

    PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-10-17：PGS 10's final stage enters day two; the season's last circuit (PGS 10–12) decides the eight teams heading to PGC 2026.

  4. #4 ・ Peak 257,061 players ・ Chinese reviews 0.0%

    Deadlock

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-16：New hero Violet arrives, using Living Ink to empower her bullets, with abilities including Flow State, Still Life and the ultimate Abstract Landscape.

  5. #5 ・ Peak 226,969 players ・ Chinese reviews 29%

    Apex Legends™

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean♪ ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-13：Halloween event Blood Pact: pledge to the Beasts or the Demons in a haunted Kings Canyon and earn faction Wild Cards by completing challenges in Wildcard mode.

  6. #6 ・ Peak 294,741 players ・ Chinese reviews 9.0%

    WARDOGS

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-15：Season 02 is live with Update 0.2.0, and the servers are back online.

  7. #7 ・ Peak 310,363 players ・ Chinese reviews 2.3%

    AION 2

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✗Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean♪ ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-17：The operator restricted a batch of accounts for botting, gold farming, real-money trading and economy-disrupting trades, saying every case was reviewed first.

  8. #8 ・ Peak 75,854 players ・ Chinese reviews 26%

    Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-05：GTA Online runs Halloween content all October: Slashers on the streets, undead at Ludendorff Cemetery, Ghosts Exposed hunts and a Halloween featured series.

  9. #9 ・ Peak 101,451 players ・ Chinese reviews 51%

    Slay the Spire 2

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-09-25：The team is back from a break and working on new features, modes, content and fixes, though there is no date yet for the next patch.

  10. #10 ・ Peak 159,585 players ・ Chinese reviews 1.7%

    ARC Raiders

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-16：A hotfix closes exploits that let players enter locked rooms and duplicate items; the team asks for such bugs to be reported privately through Discord support.

  11. #11 ・ Peak 72,549 players ・ Chinese reviews 0.9%

    Geometry Dash

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✗Simp. Chinese ✗Japanese ✗Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-10-15：Big update 2.209: platformer saving, custom keybinds, death markers, and a much-improved level editor with auto-save and level import/export.

  12. #12 ・ Peak 94,297 players ・ Chinese reviews 14%

    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-15：Designer's Notes explain the Y11S3 mid-season balance changes, including follow-up buffs to Noor's shield-countering and survivability.

  13. #13 ・ Peak 77,128 players ・ Chinese reviews 35%

    Overwatch®

    ✓Trad. Chinese♪ ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean♪ ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-06：Season 5 adds Support hero Doctrine and a new Escort map, Watchpoint: Grímsvötn — the game's first since the Overwatch 2 launch.

  14. #14 ・ Peak 101,727 players ・ Chinese reviews 18%

    Call of Duty®

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-16：Modern Warfare 4's campaign early access is live: 16 missions set during a full-scale invasion of the Korean Peninsula. DMZ early access starts October 20, with full launch on October 23.

  15. #15 ・ Peak 83,257 players ・ Chinese reviews 13%

    War Thunder

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-19：WTCS Challenger League Major III wrapped up with Team VAN winning on 130 points; the Grand Finals are next.

  16. #16 ・ Peak 152,608 players ・ Chinese reviews 4.7%

    Valheim

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-10-15：Patch 1.0.20 raises trophy drop chances with monster star level and keeps drop luck between sessions; the Mac App Store version lags behind, pausing crossplay with it for now.

  17. #17 ・ Peak 76,774 players ・ Chinese reviews 17%

    Battlefield™ 6

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean♪ ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-16：After first-day issues, the Steam free trial is extended to October 20 at 17:00 UTC, along with the double XP weekend.

  18. #18 ・ Peak 71,982 players ・ Chinese reviews 13%

    Dead by Daylight

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-14：Bugfix patch 10.2.1 lets a survivor surrender when only bots remain, lets the killer end the trial when all survivors are bots, and fixes killer power HUD issues.

  19. #19 ・ Peak 98,172 players ・ Chinese reviews 21%

    Warframe

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-19：The Warframe Sound Team released the single "Devourer" on streaming platforms — slow, heavy metal sung in the game's Voidtongue.

  20. #20 ・ Peak 67,201 players ・ Chinese reviews 13%

    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✗Simp. Chinese ✗Japanese ✗Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-07-10：Creator Edmund answers common questions: a small update is in the works and may land by year's end, and the full collection including Repentance+ is coming to current-gen consoles, date to be announced.

  21. #21 ・ Peak 57,721 players ・ Chinese reviews 11%

    HELLDIVERS™ 2

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-13：The Scope of Authority Premium Warbond arrives October 20, focused on long-range and stealth combat gear.

  22. #22 ・ Peak 72,788 players ・ Chinese reviews 5.0%

    Marvel Rivals

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-15：Art Vision Vol. 06 goes behind the scenes with the art team on hero and costume design.

  23. #23 ・ Peak 102,066 players ・ Chinese reviews 22%

    Stardew Valley

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-02-26：Stardew Valley turns 10; its creator says it has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and thanks the community.

  24. #24 ・ Peak 58,383 players ・ Chinese reviews 14%

    Terraria

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✗Japanese ✗Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-09-24：September State of the Game: part of the team toured from Gamescom to China, while Crossplay Phase One is nearly ready alongside the remaining 1.4.5.8 fixes.

  25. #25 ・ Peak 97,461 players ・ Chinese reviews 24%

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean♪ ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-08：Patch 5.01 fixes auto-applied blade oils only working in the session they were enabled, boats drifting out of control, and improves ladder animations.

  26. #26 ・ Peak 50,044 players ・ Chinese reviews 25%

    Limbus Company

    ✗Trad. Chinese ✗Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean♪ ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-10-19：Notice of the scheduled October 22 update; the details are posted as images in the original announcement.

  27. #27 ・ Peak 75,500 players ・ Chinese reviews 26%

    Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-10-05：GTA Online runs Halloween content all October: Slashers on the streets, undead at Ludendorff Cemetery, Ghosts Exposed hunts and a Halloween featured series.

  28. #28 ・ Peak 46,017 players ・ Chinese reviews 21%

    Left 4 Dead 2

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English♪

    Latest announcement 2026-06-30：A small update revises the Linux build fix and adds the latest security patches.

  29. #29 ・ Peak 113,542 players ・ Chinese reviews 9.1%

    Enshrouded

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-10-16：Hotfix 1.0.0.2 fixes world settings that could not be configured and a rare crash during save migration; corrupted characters are skipped for now while a proper fix is prepared.

  30. #30 ・ Peak 77,586 players ・ Chinese reviews 6.6%

    Project Zomboid

    ✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English

    Latest announcement 2026-09-28：Build 42.21 moves from the Unstable beta to Stable; from now on every update will be tested in Unstable by players before going Stable.