The numbers are locked in. According to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who shared the latest data from the Circana Player Engagement Tracker on Bluesky, the week ending April 4 looked remarkably stable across all three major platforms. No dramatic shakeups, no surprise newcomers crashing the top 5. Just the usual suspects holding their ground.
One thing worth noting upfront: these rankings measure weekly active users, not concurrent players or sales figures. That distinction matters. A game sitting at the top here has people actively loading it up week after week, which says something real about long-term player retention.
The platform-by-platform breakdown
On PS5, NBA 2K26 holds the number one spot, with Fortnite right behind it at number 2. Call of Duty HQ sits at 3, followed by Roblox at 4 and GTA 5 Remastered at 5. Rounding out the bottom half: Madden NFL 26 (6), Marvel Rivals (7), Rainbow Six Siege (8), Apex Legends (9), and Arc Raiders at 10.
Xbox Series X|S tells a slightly different story. Fortnite takes the top spot here, with Call of Duty HQ at 2 and Roblox at 3. GTA 5 Remastered holds at 4, NBA 2K26 drops to 5, and Minecraft appears at 6. Rainbow Six Siege (7), Rocket League (8), Madden NFL 26 (9), and Arc Raiders (10) fill out the rest.
Over on Steam, Counter-Strike 2 dominates at number 1, which will surprise nobody. Slay the Spire II holds at 2, Deadlock at 3, and Crimson Desert at 4. Arc Raiders comes in at 5, followed by Helldivers 2 (6), Rocket League (7), Marvel Rivals (8), Marathon (9), and Battlefield 6 at 10.
Arc Raiders is quietly building momentum
The most interesting data point this week is Arc Raiders. The extraction shooter appears on all three platform charts, and according to Piscatella's data, it saw modest engagement improvement on Xbox, returning to that top 10 after dropping off, and moving up one position on Steam. That kind of cross-platform presence for a newer title is worth watching.
Here's the thing: most games fight hard just to hold one platform's top 10. Arc Raiders is doing it across three simultaneously, which suggests its player base is genuinely engaged rather than just inflated by launch curiosity.
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Circana's Player Engagement Tracker measures weekly active users in the US, not global concurrent players. Rankings reflect how many unique players opened the game that week.
What the consistency tells us
The broader picture here is how little the top of these charts actually moves week to week. NBA 2K26, Fortnite, and Counter-Strike 2 have been fixtures at the summit of their respective platforms for months. Free-to-play titles and live-service games dominate every list, which tracks with how modern gaming habits work. Players return to games that keep updating, not games that shipped a year ago and went quiet.
The key here is that Slay the Spire II sitting at number 2 on Steam is actually the most eyebrow-raising result on any list this week. A premium, turn-based deckbuilder outranking Deadlock, Marvel Rivals, and Helldivers 2 in weekly active users is not something you see every week. It speaks to how devoted that game's audience is.
For a deeper look at what's worth playing across all these platforms, check out the latest reviews on our site. And if you want tips on the titles climbing these charts, our gaming guides has you covered as Piscatella's next weekly data drop approaches.
