Steam trending today: Oct 14, 2026

Counter-Strike 2 is rank 1 on Steam Most Played for October 14, 2026, snapshot 2026-10-14T06:01:49.638247, up from rank 2 on October 13. Dota 2 slipped from rank 1 to rank 2. ARC Raiders climbed from rank 7 to rank 4. SteamCharts-style trackers listed an October 11 peak of 185443 concurrent players for ARC Raiders and an October 14 daily peak near 133760. Team Fortress 2 is new at rank 10. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS dropped off after rank 4.

Top trending games on Steam: October 14

1. Counter-Strike 2

   Tactical shooter at rank 1 after rank 2, up 1. A steam 30-day growth call for CS2 printed minus 2.3 percent (72.1 versus 73.8) with volume 1450705 versus 1331274, volume growth plus 8.97 percent. The 7-day preset collapsed and is omitted.

2. Dota 2

   MOBA at rank 2 after rank 1, down 1. Steam 30-day growth minus 8.14 percent (79.0 versus 86.0) with volume 919002 versus 981123. Swapped the lead with CS2. 7-day collapsed.

3. Bongo Cat

   Desktop-pet clicker at rank 3, same slot as October 13. Steam 30-day growth plus 2.7 percent (95.2 versus 92.7) with volume 188817 versus 181650. Held the novelty slot under the two live-service giants.

4. ARC Raiders

   Extraction shooter at rank 4 after rank 7, up 3. Livecounts listed 130017 players at 02:14 UTC on October 14, a 24-hour peak of 164228, and a 7-day peak of 185443 on October 11. Largest climb inside the ten.

5. FiveM

   GTA V multiplayer framework at rank 5, same slot as October 13. Recurring roleplay client. No separate October 14 patch note identified.

6. WARDOGS

   Title at rank 6, same slot as October 13. Held. No widely reported October 14 launch note identified beyond the held slot.

7. Wallpaper Engine

   Wallpaper tool at rank 7 after rank 9, up 2. Utility row, not a competitive shooter. Climbed as PUBG left.

8. Apex Legends

   Battle-royale at rank 8 after rank 10, up 2. Display drops the trademark marker from the API title Apex Legends. Held inside the ten.

9. Valheim

   Survival craft at rank 9 after rank 8, down 1. Co-op Viking sandbox. One-rank slip.

10. Team Fortress 2

    New at rank 10. Valve class shooter. Replaces PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, which sat at rank 4 on October 13. Recurring free-to-play fixture returning to the edge of the ten.

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What changed on Steam since yesterday

New: Team Fortress 2 at 10. Drop-off: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. CS2 2 to 1. Dota 2 1 to 2. ARC Raiders 7 to 4 (up 3). Wallpaper Engine 9 to 7. Apex 10 to 8. Valheim 8 to 9. Bongo Cat and FiveM and WARDOGS held 3, 5, and 6. as_of moved from 06:01:40.853496 to 06:01:49.638247.

What today's Steam trends reveal

The CS2 and Dota swap is a two-rank rotation at the top, not a new audience. ARC Raiders is the only extraction shooter still climbing after an October 11 concurrent peak of 185443. PUBG left the ten entirely. Bongo Cat remains the non-shooter novelty at rank 3. 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-service watchers who need the concurrent-player board rather than a store homepage.

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