Amazon and NCSoft's new MMO project Throne and Liberty rose up three positions to No.2 week-on-week. 

The title launched on October 1st and hit three million players in its first week on sale and has hit a peak concurrent player figure of 336,300 since release. 

Counter-Strike 2 was once again the highest grossing title on Steam last week, while anime brawler Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero dropped one place to third. That title has seen a wave of critical and commercial acclaim since its launch and has seen extensive coverage on social media platforms such as TikTok. 

PUBG: Battlegrounds falls one spot to fifth, while new indie title Liar's Bar has made its debut in the Top Ten at No.6 following its October 2nd release. The dark card-slash-Russian roulette title has been big with streamers. 

EA Sports FC 25 drops one place to seventh, while zombie survival game DayZ returned to the Top 100 in eighth place on the back of the new Frostline expansion launch. Dota 2 stays steady in ninth while pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 round off the Top Ten. 

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending October 22nd: 

1. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
2. Throne and Liberty, Amazon 
3. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, Bandai Namco 
4. Steam Deck, Valve
5. PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton 
6. Liar's Bar, Curve Animation
7. EA Sports FC 25, EA
8. DayZ, Bohemia Interactive 
9. Dota 2, Valve
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Activision (P)