Top Steam most played — July 26, 2026

All 25 Steam Most Played titles from the July 26 snapshot. Palworld holds #2 after its July 10 1.0 launch peaked near one million concurrent players, while Slay the Spire 2 entered the chart at #17.

Published July 26, 202625 trending topics

Slay the Spire 2 entered Steam's top 25 at #17, a new entrant since the July 21 snapshot when Team Fortress 2 held a chart slot. Palworld remains #2 after its July 10, 2026 version 1.0 launch drove 961,867 concurrent players on July 19, the second straight weekend it trailed only Counter-Strike 2.

  1. Counter-Strike 2: Valve's free competitive FPS and the perennial Steam chart anchor. No major July 26 patch was reported; CS2 holds the top slot on routine evening-peak concurrency. Steam concurrent volume rose about 6% over the past 30 days per Trends MCP growth data.

  2. Palworld: Pocketpair's creature-collecting survival game that left early access on July 10, 2026. The 1.0 update added 72 new Pals, reworked missions, and new areas, pushing daily peaks from roughly 58,000 pre-launch to 961,867 on July 19. Palworld has held second place for two consecutive weekends since the full release.

  3. Dota 2: Valve's free MOBA and a long-running top-three fixture. No widely reported July 26 patch was identified; the title holds third on baseline evening peaks across Southeast Asia and Europe.

  4. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Krafton's battle royale shooter. No specific July 26 trigger was identified; the game holds fourth on established player base loyalty and weekend squad queues.

  5. TBH: Task Bar Hero: Free-to-play idle RPG that runs from the Windows taskbar, released May 27, 2026. The game peaked at roughly 546,000 concurrent players in mid-June and still draws hundreds of thousands daily, though counts have cooled from the launch spike. It ranked fifth, down from second on June 18.

  6. Bongo Cat: Casual rhythm game featuring the Bongo Cat meme. No widely reported July 26 update was identified; the title holds sixth on meme-driven casual play and streamer clips.

  7. Apex Legends: Respawn's free battle royale. Season 27 content and the ongoing World Cup-adjacent gaming weekend sustained seventh place without a single headline patch on July 26.

  8. Delta Force: Team Jade's tactical shooter reboot. Continued free-to-play availability and co-op modes keep the title in the top 10; no July 26-specific news event was identified.

  9. Path of Exile: Grinding Gear Games' action RPG. The 3.27 league cycle and end-of-season farming sustained ninth place ahead of the Path of Exile 2 split audience.

  10. Wallpaper Engine: Valve-published desktop customization tool. Routine weekend customization sessions keep it in the top 10 without a dated July 26 trigger.

  11. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth: Edmund McMillen's roguelike dungeon crawler. The title entered the top 25 on the July 21 snapshot and holds #11 on replay value and co-op Repentance content; no July 26 patch was reported.

  12. FiveM: Grand Theft Auto V multiplayer modification framework. Roleplay server weekend peaks sustain twelfth place on community-driven sessions.

  13. EA SPORTS FC 26: EA's annual football franchise. Post-World Cup July engagement and Ultimate Team cycles keep the title in the top 15 after Spain's July 19 final win.

  14. Stardew Valley: ConcernedApe's farming sim. No July 26 update was reported; the game holds on evergreen co-op farming sessions.

  15. Rust: Facepunch Studios' survival sandbox. Wipe weekend cycles and creator server events sustain fifteenth place.

  16. Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced: Rockstar's current-gen GTA V port. Roleplay and heist replay traffic keeps the Enhanced edition in the chart alongside FiveM at #12.

  17. Slay the Spire 2: Mega Crit's roguelike deckbuilder sequel. A new entrant since July 21, the title ranks #17 on early access interest and July beta patch activity adding new Epoch art. Team Fortress 2, which appeared on the July 21 chart, has dropped off.

  18. Grand Theft Auto V Legacy: The prior-gen GTA V build still drawing players who have not migrated to the Enhanced client. Holds eighteenth alongside the Enhanced edition at #16.

  19. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT: 24 Entertainment's melee battle royale. Free-to-play weekend traffic and seasonal events sustain nineteenth place.

  20. Marvel Rivals: NetEase's hero shooter. Post-launch hero balance patches and co-op modes keep the title in the top 25.

  21. Warframe: Digital Extremes' free action RPG. Ongoing July content cycles and Prime Access rotations sustain twenty-first place.

  22. Don't Starve Together: Klei Entertainment's co-op survival game. Weekend friend-group sessions sustain twenty-second place without a July 26 headline.

  23. War Thunder: Gaijin Entertainment's vehicular combat sim. Post-World Cup casual gaming traffic and event modes keep it in the chart.

  24. VRChat: Social VR platform. Weekend avatar-world sessions and creator events sustain twenty-fourth place.

  25. Dead by Daylight: Behaviour Interactive's asymmetric horror game. Anniversary-era cosmetics and killer releases keep the title at the bottom of today's top 25.

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The July 10 Palworld 1.0 launch still defines the chart's upper half. Palworld at #2 absorbed lapsed players who had drifted away during early access, while TBH: Task Bar Hero at #5 shows the idle-RPG wave cooling from its June peak without leaving the top 10. Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG remain structural fixtures that rarely move more than one slot.

Sports timing matters this week. EA SPORTS FC 26 at #13 rides post-tournament engagement after Spain's July 19 World Cup final win, overlapping with the broader football attention cycle that also dominated TikTok searches on July 26.

Since the July 21 snapshot, Slay the Spire 2 replaced Team Fortress 2 as the notable new entrant. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth held at #11. Palworld stayed above Dota 2 for a second week, confirming the 1.0 comeback is not a single-weekend flash.

This list comes from a July 26, 2026 snapshot of Steam's Most Played chart via the Trends MCP API. The feed tracks concurrent player ranks across Valve's public charts. Game analysts and live-ops teams can monitor rank shifts without building scrapers. See the Steam trends data source page for update frequency and field definitions.

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