"Surely expanding the list to 20 would show plenty of new games" Well. Sure. Each list had exactly one new game reach the top 20. The rest were mostly long running live service or annualized sports titles. This is just the PS/XBX market right now.
Mat PiscatellaCircana Player Engagement Tracker - US Top 10 Titles by Weekly Active Users (Not Concurrent) - W/E Jul 25, 2026 - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls debuted 17th on PlayStation - Shift at Midnight ranked 17th on Xbox in launch week - Path of Exile jumped to 19th on Steam from 119th a week ago