Counter-Strike 2 remains rank 1 on Steam Most Played on August 29, 2026. Dota 2 holds rank 2. FiveM jumps from rank 6 on August 27 to rank 3, displacing Bongo Cat (3 to 4). How to Fish, which sat at rank 7 on August 27 after an August 20 launch, is off the board. Apex Legends is also gone. New names are Rust at 8 and EA SPORTS FC 26 at 9. Steam 30D growth for CS2, resolved to July 1 versus June 1, was -6.95 percent with volume 1,420,896 versus 1,573,727. A 7D Steam window is skipped after prior collapsed_range results on this source.
Top trending games on Steam: August 29
Counter-Strike 2: Valve tactical shooter, rank 1 on August 27 and rank 1 today. Steam 30D index 76.3 versus 82.0 (-6.95 percent), volume 1,420,896 versus 1,573,727 (-9.71 percent) on the July versus June snapshot.
Dota 2: Valve MOBA, rank 2 both days. Steam 30D index 75.1 versus 63.0 (+19.21 percent) with volume 860,019 versus 862,639 (volume -0.3 percent) on the same July versus June window.
FiveM: Cfx.re GTA V multiplayer client. Rank 6 on August 27, rank 3 today. SteamCharts showed about 111,063 playing at fetch, a 24-hour peak of 170,562, and an all-time peak of 221,062. Last-30-day average players 127,414.93. A Steam get_growth call for the name FiveM returned no_data.
Bongo Cat: Idle cat-bongo client, rank 3 on August 27, rank 4 today. Steam 30D +4.38 percent (index 100.0 versus 95.8) with volume 187,676 versus 180,178.
Palworld: Pocketpair creature-survival game, rank 5 both days. Steam 30D +3,340 percent off a June 1 baseline of 1.0 (July 1 index 34.4), volume 956,613 versus 51,116. That jump sits on a low June floor.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Rank 4 on August 27, rank 6 today. Steam 30D +3.66 percent (19.8 versus 19.1) with volume 792,142 versus 820,499 (volume -3.46 percent).
Marvel Rivals: Rank 8 on August 27, rank 7 today. Recurring hero shooter. No extra growth call was run outside the top 3.
Rust: Facepunch survival game, new versus August 27. No widely reported patch-day trigger identified for August 29, 2026.
EA SPORTS FC 26: New versus August 27. EA's football sim enters at rank 9 as How to Fish and Apex exit. No separate launch-week figure was attached in the fetches used here beyond the rank.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Rank 10 on August 27 and rank 10 today. Recurring tactical shooter at the floor of the list.
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What changed on Steam since August 27
New entrants: Rust (8), EA SPORTS FC 26 (9).
Big movers: FiveM 6 to 3 (3 places, under the 5-rank callout). PUBG 4 to 6; Bongo Cat 3 to 4.
Drop-offs: How to Fish (was 7), Apex Legends (was 9).
What today's Steam board reveals
The top is still Valve plus GTA multiplayer. FiveM at 3 is the only real reorder, and it lines up with GTA 6 trailer traffic on YouTube rather than a CS2 patch. How to Fish falling off after an August 20, $7.99 / $4.95 launch (peak near 340,622 on August 24 in the prior daily file) is a classic new-release fade.
Palworld holding 5 with a 3,340 percent 30D print is a baseline artifact from June, not a new peak. FC 26 at 9 is the seasonal football client arriving as Apex leaves.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends feed for Steam Most Played with limit 10 as of 2026-08-29T02:01:36.626516+00:00. The matching data source page is Steam Most Played API.
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