What's trending on Steam today: Oct 13, 2026

Dota 2 is rank 1 on Steam Most Played for October 13, 2026, snapshot 2026-10-13T06:01:40.853496, swapping with Counter-Strike 2, which led October 12. Valheim is new at rank 8. Apex Legends dropped from rank 5 to rank 10, a 5-rank slide. Team Fortress 2 drops off after rank 10 on October 12. A steam 30-day growth call for Dota 2 printed minus 8.14 percent on volume 919002 versus 981123.

Top trending games on Steam: October 13

1. Dota 2

   Valve MOBA at rank 1 after rank 2 on October 12, up 1. Steam 30-day growth minus 8.14 percent, volume 919002. The 7-day preset collapsed and is omitted.

2. Counter-Strike 2

   Valve shooter at rank 2 after rank 1, down 1. Steam 30-day growth minus 2.3 percent, volume 1450705, with volume growth plus 8.97 percent. Still the highest 30-day volume on this ten.

3. Bongo Cat

   Idle clicker at rank 3 after rank 4, up 1. Steam 30-day growth plus 2.7 percent on volume 188817 versus 181650.

4. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

   Battle royale at rank 4 after rank 3, down 1. Steam 30-day growth minus 4.64 percent on volume 788224. 7-day collapsed.

5. FiveM

   GTA V multiplayer client at rank 5 after rank 6, up 1. No separate October 13 patch note identified.

6. WARDOGS

   Shooter at rank 6 after rank 7, up 1. steamdata.dev listed about 73166 concurrent players around 05:00 UTC on October 13 among tracked titles.

7. ARC Raiders

   Extraction shooter at rank 7 after rank 8, up 1. steamdata.dev listed about 69296 concurrent around the same 05:00 UTC reading.

8. Valheim

   New at rank 8. Iron Gate survival title after a September 9, 2026 1.0-style surge; steamdata.dev listed about 60918 concurrent at 05:00 UTC on October 13, rank 8 of 486 tracked games, down 16 percent from 72751 a day earlier. Team Fortress 2, which sat at 10 yesterday, is absent.

9. Wallpaper Engine

   Utility at rank 9, same slot as October 12. Fixture on this most-played ten.

10. Apex Legends

    Battle royale at rank 10 after rank 5, down 5. The only 5-rank mover. steamdata.dev listed about 66171 concurrent at 05:00 UTC.

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What changed on Steam since yesterday

New: Valheim at rank 8. Drop-off: Team Fortress 2. Dota 2 2 to 1. CS2 1 to 2. Apex Legends 5 to 10 (down 5). Bongo Cat 4 to 3. PUBG 3 to 4. FiveM 6 to 5. WARDOGS 7 to 6. ARC Raiders 8 to 7. as_of moved from 08:01:32.934343 to 06:01:40.853496.

What today's Steam trends reveal

Valve still occupies 1 and 2, with Dota 2 on top after a one-rank swap. Valheim's return is a 1.0 hangover from September (peak near 308000 concurrent) rather than a new launch. Apex's five-rank drop is the day's only large mover. The matching page is Steam Most Played API.

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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool for Steam Most Played with limit 10. The call is for live-player watchers who need the current most-played order.

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