Apex Legends Tops Steam Ranking, CoD MW4 Debuts at 8th
The ranking shows a mix of returning free-to-play hits and new releases, with CoD MW4's pre-order push and MGS Master Collection Vol.2's imminent launch making their mark on the Japanese Steam charts.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
In the latest Steam sales ranking for Japan, as of August 24, 2026, Electronic Arts' Apex Legends took 1st place again. New titles include Dazed Games' How to Fish at 2nd, Cygames' Umamusume: Pretty Derby at 3rd, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 debuting at 8th, and KONAMI's METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 at 10th.
ASCII.jp's weekly Steam sales ranking for Japan, updated August 24, 2026, places Apex Legends at the top again. The chart blends established free-to-play titles with fresh releases: Dazed Games' How to Fish, a fishing-FPS hybrid, sits at 2nd during a launch sale, while Cygames' Umamusume: Pretty Derby holds 3rd near its 5.5th anniversary.
New entries include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 at 8th ahead of its October 23 release, and KONAMI's METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 at 10th, set to launch August 27. Rankings are as of 13:00 on the listed date.
- Apex Legends: 1st place, free to play
- How to Fish: 2nd place, 545 yen during sale until August 28
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby: 3rd place, free to play, 5.5th anniversary
- Counter-Strike 2: 4th place, free to play
- eFootball: 5th place, free to play
- NTE: Neverness to Everness: 6th place, free to play
- Escape from Tarkov: 7th place, 7,500 yen
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4: 8th place, releasing October 23, 2026
- Hono Kurashi no Niwa: 9th place, 9,020 yen
- METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2: 10th place, releasing August 27, 2026
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.