Steam Japan Sales: Free-to-Play Titles Take Top Three Spots
The top three slots being entirely free-to-play marks a notable shift in the Japanese Steam market, with the new hololive title HOLOLIVE DREAMS also entering as a free-to-play game.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
ASCII.jp's weekly Steam sales ranking for Japan, as of July 27, 2026, shows free-to-play games dominating the top three positions for the first time in a while. Valve's Counter-Strike 2 leads, followed by KONAMI's eFootball and EA's Apex Legends. New hololive rhythm RPG HOLOLIVE DREAMS debuts at fourth.
ASCII.jp's weekly Steam sales ranking for Japan, updated July 27, 2026, places free-to-play games in the top three positions for the first time in a while. Valve's Counter-Strike 2 holds first place, KONAMI's eFootball is second, and EA's Apex Legends is third. The hololive official rhythm and RPG HOLOLIVE DREAMS debuts at fourth, also free-to-play.
- Counter-Strike 2: Valve, first place, free-to-play
- eFootball: KONAMI, second place, free-to-play
- Apex Legends: Electronic Arts, third place, free-to-play
- HOLOLIVE DREAMS: QualiArts, fourth place, free-to-play, new release
- Palworld: Pocketpair, fifth place, 3,400 yen
- Heart Pierce Slow Life: XD, sixth place, free-to-play
- Meccha Chameleon: lemorion_1224, seventh place, 671 yen (15% off until August 3, 2026)
- Street Fighter 6: Capcom, eighth place, 2,495 yen (50% off until August 4, 2026)
- Wuthering Waves: KURO GAMES, ninth place, free-to-play
- Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond: Cygames, tenth place, free-to-play
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.