Games of the Future 2026 — Dota 2
finishedWon by PlayTime, runner-up Yakult Brothers.
- game
Dota 2- dates
- Jul 31 – Aug 5 2026
- tier
- 2
- location
- Astana, Kazakhstan
- teams
- 16
Against the season
43 min
median map, Radiant 59.7%
season: 40 min and 50.9% over 38 events with 10+ maps
Field clubs in the season table: 3 of 16.
Record places
Placements and prize money
places and prize money
Champion
PlayTime
$350,000
first-place prize
11–4
PlayTime maps here, won–lost
81.9% of PlayTime’s season prize money: its biggest payout of 4
How the pool is split
the pool is allocated by place in full
35.0%
first place
$350,000 of the $1,000,000 allocated
84.0%
top half of the rows
top 8 rows of 16 · $840,000
×2.2
first place to second
$350,000 against $160,000
Against the season: a larger first-place share than 11 of 47 events; median 46.5%.
The same pool is announced for 14 other events this season, so all 15 share rank 5.
Nearby in the season
neighbours by start date
- before1win Essence II
- afterThe International 2026
Maps played
72 maps · as of Oct 18, 2026, 06:44 UTC
The 10 latest of 72 maps are shown; the longest of all ran 71 min;
Maps as of Oct 18, 2026. 2 maps have a per-player breakdown — those are the linked rows.
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Games of the Future 2026 in Astana paid like a top event: its $1,000,000 pool, more than five times the $175,000 of 2025, shared fifth place among the season’s pools with 14 other events. The field came mostly from outside the usual circuit, with only 3 of its 16 clubs in our season table.
PlayTime won it, beating Yakult Brothers in the final on August 5. The $350,000 first prize makes up 81.9% of everything the club has earned this season, the largest of its four payouts.
The games ran slower than usual and favoured one side: the median map lasted 43 minutes against 40 across the season, and Radiant won 59.7% of maps against 50.9%.