A PC bang is Korea's version of a gaming cafe: rows of high end PCs rented by the hour, where friends squad up after school or work.
Because so many Koreans play there, PC bang playtime is one of the clearest signals of which PC games are really alive in Korea, and the answer still starts with League of Legends.
In the daily playtime share for Monday, November 9, 2026, measured across a nationwide sample of PC bang computers, League of Legends held about 36%, nearly four times PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS in second place at about 9%.
FC Online, VALORANT, Overwatch, Sudden Attack, Lineage Classic, MapleStory, Lost Ark and Roblox complete the top 10. The list mixes global names you already know with titles that are huge mainly in Korea.
This guide pulls three views together so you can read the Korean scene at a glance: the top 10 by playtime share, the weekly overall top 20 that also counts search interest and stream viewers, and the games that moved the most over the last few weeks.
Every figure reflects data published up to November 10, 2026, and shares are rounded. Different trackers sample different cafes over different windows, so each number below says which basis it comes from.
Korea PC bang top 10 (playtime share, November 9, 2026)
| Rank | Game and share | Recent trend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | League of Legends, about 36% | Nearly four times second place. Also 1st on the weekly overall chart, and its PC bang playtime rose 4.4% in the last week of October. |
| 2 | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, about 9% | 2nd by daily share but 4th on the weekly overall chart, the clearest case of share and buzz pulling apart. |
| 3 | FC Online, about 7.8% | Ranks one place higher, 2nd, on the weekly overall chart that adds search and streaming data. |
| 4 | VALORANT, about 6.8% | Another tracker's weekly report for October 26 to November 1 put it 2nd after a 1.9% rise in playtime, so it swings between 2nd and 4th depending on the basis. |
| 5 | Overwatch, about 5.6% | Playtime rose 3% in the last week of October, and it is also 5th on the weekly overall chart. |
| 6 | Sudden Attack, about 5.2% | A long running Korean online FPS that sits 6th on both share and the overall chart. |
| 7 | Lineage Classic, about 4.4% | NCSOFT's classic version of Lineage, officially launched in February 2026; the overall chart counts it together with Lineage at 8th. |
| 8 to 10 | MapleStory about 2.6%, Lost Ark and Roblox each just over 2% | Three games packed within a fraction of a point, so their order flips easily from day to day. On the overall chart: MapleStory 7th, Roblox 9th, Lost Ark 11th. |
The weekly overall top 20, and why rankings differ between trackers
Playtime share tells you where the players are; an overall chart tells you what people are talking about. A Korean games outlet publishes a weekly online game chart that blends portal search trends, PC bang logins, game stream viewers and user votes.
Its top 20 for October 28 to November 3 is: 1 League of Legends, 2 FC Online, 3 VALORANT, 4 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, 5 Overwatch, 6 Sudden Attack, 7 MapleStory, 8 Lineage (including Lineage Classic), 9 Roblox, 10 Aion 2, 11 Lost Ark, 12 MapleStory Worlds, 13 StarCraft, 14 Dokkaebi World, 15 Minecraft, 16 Dungeon & Fighter, 17 World of Warcraft, 18 Eternal Return, 19 Lineage II, 20 Warcraft III.
Places 21 to 30 go to Counter-Strike 2, TalesRunner, Cyphers, Diablo II, Gersang, Diablo IV, Black Desert, StarCraft II, Eclipse: The Awakening and Special Force. Three things explain why the same game lands in different spots.
First, samples differ: each PC bang tracker collects data from a different set of cafes and machines, which is how VALORANT can be 2nd on one weekly report and 4th on another tracker's daily chart.
Second, windows differ: a single day reflects the weekday and any patch that dropped that day, while a weekly figure smooths those spikes out.
Third, the thing being measured differs: share counts only PC bang hours, while the overall chart adds search and streaming, so new or talked about releases rank higher there. That is why PUBG is 2nd by share but 4th overall, and FC Online is 3rd by share but 2nd overall.
For scale, total PC bang playtime across Korea for October 26 to November 1 was about 14.01 million hours, down 0.4% from the week before and up 3.5% from a year earlier.
How to use these rankings to pick your next game
- 1Start with share if you want fast queuesThe top five by share, League of Legends, PUBG, FC Online, VALORANT and Overwatch, together took about 65% of PC bang playtime on November 9. If you play on Korean servers or with friends in Korea, these are the games where you will find a match at almost any hour. All five are free to play, with optional in game purchases such as skins, passes and items.
- 2Use the overall chart to spot what is newA game that climbs the overall chart without being in the share top 10 is one people are actively looking up. Dokkaebi World, released on October 8, is not in the share top 10 yet reached 14th overall, which makes it the clearest new name to watch this month.
- 3Match every spike to an update dateSudden jumps usually line up with a big patch, new servers or an anniversary event. Lineage II's playtime rose 28.6% in the last week of October when new servers and its 23rd anniversary event landed together. Launch and patch effects often fade within one or two weeks, so check the following week before calling a trend.
- 4Check PC bang perks before you log inMany of the top games give extra rewards or run events when you connect from a PC bang. Perks and periods change by game and by season, so read each game's official notice for the current month before you go.
- 5Keep your best match from a PC bangMany PC bang machines reset settings and files when they shut down, so decide in advance where your recording will go. How to record on a cafe PC and move the files off it is covered in how to record games at a PC bang.
Rising games to watch this month
- Dokkaebi World: a PC and mobile MMORPG developed by Supercat and published by Kakao Games, launched October 8. It rose from 41st to 16th in launch week and 14th the week after, slipped to 23rd, then returned to 14th overall after developer live streams and hunting ground changes that raised monster density and retuned high level zones.
- Aion 2: NCSOFT's MMORPG, launched in Korea on November 19, 2025, swapped places with Lost Ark to sit 10th on the weekly overall chart. Recording tips for it are on the Aion 2 game page.
- ARC Raiders: in the week of October 5 to 11, when a major update arrived on October 8, PC bang playtime jumped 618.9% and it climbed 54 places to 25th. It was again among the fastest growing games on the November 9 daily chart. Unlike the free to play leaders, it is a paid game: US$39.99 on Steam as of November 10, 2026, with no discount running.
- Lineage II: new servers plus its 23rd anniversary event lifted playtime 28.6% for October 26 to November 1, and on October 29 it reached 19th on the daily chart, its best since February.
- MapleStory Worlds: playtime rose 9.7% the same week, moving it up one place to 11th on a weekly PC bang chart, and it held 12th overall.
The top five PC bang games all get automatic highlight clips in DOR
DOR is a free Windows game recording app. When you launch a supported game it detects it and records the whole match, and recordings collect in the app's My Clips.
This month's top five by PC bang share, League of Legends, PUBG, FC Online, VALORANT and Overwatch, are all games where DOR also makes automatic highlight clips: kills, multikills and objectives in League, kills, knocks and deaths in PUBG, goals in FC Online, kills plus ace and clutch tags in VALORANT, and kills and deaths in Overwatch (see automatic highlight clips for how it works).
For other supported games such as Sudden Attack or Lost Ark, the full session is recorded automatically and you trim the moments you want to keep. Cut clips to 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 in the app, then combine scenes and add text or music in DOR Studio (dor.gg/studio) and share a dor.gg link with friends.
