Jets, trains and an idle ARPG: a crowded week at the top
ACE COMBAT 8 drew the biggest crowd of the week, but the warmest reception came from a cluster of tiny games with perfect scores and modest review counts.
The biggest crowd belonged to the skies
ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE topped the week's player counts with a peak of 52,694. Transport Fever 3 was not far behind on 47,490, and Deskrawl: Idle ARPG gathered 44,645 at its busiest, which is a lot of people for something you are meant to leave running. Minecraft Dungeons II peaked at 32,414. It is a rare week when the top four are this tightly bunched, and a rarer one when a jet sim, a railway builder and an idler all turn up together.
Five games, five perfect scores
Every one of the week's most reviewed new releases sits at 100 percent recommended, which does not happen often. HR: Human Remains by dennisCorner leads on 79 reviews, followed by Little Bird Studios' Carry The Count on 50 and Tiny Flock from No Brakes Games on 43. Little Sister by HaHaHaGame has 40 reviews, and Studio Chahut's Dog in the Machine has 35. Small numbers, yes, but nobody has broken the streak yet.
The quiet contrast: crowds here, praise there
None of the week's biggest crowds appear among the most reviewed new releases, and none of the best received games appear in the player charts. DYNASTY WARRIORS 3: Complete Edition Remastered rounded out the crowd list with a peak of 8,944, well behind the leaders. Meanwhile HR: Human Remains tops the review list with 79 reviews, a figure the Ace Combat lobby could fill in a second. Attention and affection have gone to different places this week.
Last week's 25 September class keeps growing
Everything still climbing came out on 25 September, and DinoBones: Tidy Up the Museum is running away with it: 508 reviews added this week, taking it to 931. Woman Simulator added 208 to reach 446, with Wild West Pioneers close behind on 200 added and 447 now. Scapewatch: Idle MMO picked up 177 for a total of 389, and Lucid Cats added 132 to sit on 379. A strong cohort that is still finding players a week and a bit on.
3,015 releases, with Action in front and Simulation close
The week brought 3,015 new games, which is more than anyone could reasonably sample. Action led the genre tags with 561, then Simulation on 414 and Strategy on 367. Adventure took 335 and Puzzle 280, while Platformer brought up the rear of our list with 144. Given Transport Fever 3 and Deskrawl's showing, the Simulation and Strategy numbers feel less like noise and more like where the audience actually went.
Written by AI from Pook's Den's own launch data for 28 September to 4 October 2026. Every number in it comes from that data; anything that did not was left out.