Steam
Counter-Strike 2 remains rank 1 on Steam Most Played for October 17, 2026, snapshot 08:01:39.006720. A steam 30-day growth call printed minus 2.3 percent on volume 1450705 versus 1331274, with volume growth plus 8.97 percent. Call of Duty and Delta Force are the new entrants, at ranks 9 and 10. Steam's public stats table listed CS2 near 541585 current players and WARDOGS near 210825, with Call of Duty near 82392.
Top trending games on Steam: October 17
Counter-Strike 2
Tactical shooter at rank 1, same slot as October 16. Steam 30-day growth minus 2.3 percent on volume 1450705 versus 1331274, volume growth plus 8.97 percent. The 7-day preset collapsed. Steam's public table listed about 541585 current players and a 1297140 peak.
Dota 2
MOBA at rank 2, same slot as October 16. Steam 30-day growth minus 8.14 percent on volume 919002 versus 981123. Steam listed about 514441 current players. The 7-day preset collapsed.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Battle royale at rank 3, same slot as October 16. Steam 30-day growth minus 4.64 percent on volume 788224 versus 771621, with volume growth plus 2.15 percent. Steam listed about 273527 current players.
WARDOGS
Shooter at rank 4 after rank 5, up 1. Steam Pulse had listed a September 10, 2026 BULKHEAD and Team17 release. Steam's public table listed about 210825 current players and a 298596 peak today. Raijin listed a 73 percent review score across 120809 reviews.
Apex Legends
Battle royale at rank 5 after rank 7, up 2. Display title drops the trademark symbol from the API string. Steam listed about 92732 current players. No separate 30-day growth call was attached.
Bongo Cat
Novelty app at rank 6 after rank 4, down 2. Steam 30-day growth plus 2.7 percent on volume 188817 versus 181650. Steam listed about 114546 current players.
Wallpaper Engine
Utility at rank 7 after rank 9, up 2. Live-wallpaper software. No widely reported October 17 trigger identified beyond the 2-slot climb.
FiveM
GTA multiplayer mod at rank 8 after rank 6, down 2. Steam listed about 103260 current players. No widely reported October 17 trigger identified.
Call of Duty
New shooter at rank 9. Display title drops the registered-mark symbol from the API string. Steam's public table listed about 82392 current players and a 84193 peak. The row replaces Team Fortress 2.
Delta Force
New shooter at rank 10. Explosion listed about 54346 concurrent players at 03:15 UTC on October 17, with a 24-hour peak of 126889 and a 30-day average of 67673. The row replaces ARC Raiders.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
New: Call of Duty at 9, Delta Force at 10. Drop-off: Team Fortress 2 (rank 8), ARC Raiders (rank 10). Movers of 5 or more ranks: none. Other moves: WARDOGS 5 to 4, Apex 7 to 5, Bongo Cat 4 to 6, Wallpaper Engine 9 to 7, FiveM 6 to 8. Held: CS2 1, Dota 2 2, PUBG 3. Clock 08:01:36.048850 on October 16 to 08:01:39.006720 on 2026-10-17.
What today's Steam trends reveal
The free-to-play trio still occupies 1 through 3, with CS2 volume 1450705, Dota 919002, and PUBG 788224 on 30-day steam series. WARDOGS at 4 is the paid newcomer climbing after yesterday's rank 5 debut, with 210825 current players on Steam's public table. Call of Duty at 9 and Delta Force at 10 replace TF2 and ARC Raiders.
Bongo Cat remains the novelty, now at 6 on plus 2.7 percent volume 188817. See the Steam Most Played API page.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
The ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Steam Most Played and limit 10. Studio analysts can poll the same board for concurrent-player rotations.
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Related trend reports
- Previous daily: Steam trending October 16, 2026
- Data source: Steam Most Played API
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