Steam
Counter-Strike 2 is rank 1 on Steam Most Played for October 18, 2026, snapshot 06:01:35.388875, the same slot as October 17. Dota 2 holds rank 2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS holds rank 3. ARC Raiders is new at rank 7 after a Frozen Trail 2.0 window that Livecounts-style trackers put at a 185443 concurrent peak on October 11. Valheim is new at rank 10. Wallpaper Engine, Call of Duty, and Delta Force drop off. A steam 30-day growth call for CS2 printed minus 2.3 percent with volume 1450705 versus 1331274, volume growth plus 8.97 percent.
Top trending games on Steam: October 18
Counter-Strike 2
Holdover tactical shooter at rank 1, same slot. Steam 30-day growth minus 2.3 percent (72.1 versus 73.8) with volume 1450705 versus 1331274. The 7-day preset collapsed and is omitted.
Dota 2
Holdover MOBA at rank 2, same slot. Steam 30-day growth minus 8.14 percent (79.0 versus 86.0) with volume 919002 versus 981123. Second live-service fixture.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Holdover battle royale at rank 3, same slot. Steam 30-day growth minus 4.64 percent (18.5 versus 19.4) with volume 788224 versus 771621, volume growth plus 2.15 percent.
WARDOGS
Holdover military shooter at rank 4, same slot. No October 18 patch note is attached to this stamp.
Bongo Cat
Desktop-pet clicker at rank 5 after rank 6, up 1. Steam 30-day growth plus 2.7 percent (95.2 versus 92.7) with volume 188817 versus 181650. Only non-shooter in the top 6.
FiveM
Holdover GTA V multiplayer mod at rank 6 after rank 8, up 2. No October 18 Rockstar store note is attached.
ARC Raiders
New extraction shooter at rank 7. Embark's Frozen Trail 2.0 dated October 8, with a free-play window through October 12 and a PvE test listed through October 20. A steam 30-day call printed recent volume 39900 on a 0.0 index and is omitted as a low-quality match.
Apex Legends
Holdover battle royale at rank 8 after rank 5, down 3. Display drops the trade-mark sign. Largest holdover drop.
Team Fortress 2
Holdover class shooter at rank 9. Was not in yesterday's ten; it sat at rank 10 on October 14. Valve's free-to-play fixture.
Valheim
New survival craft at rank 10. Not in yesterday's ten. No October 18 biome-patch print is attached.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
New: ARC Raiders at 7, Team Fortress 2 at 9, Valheim at 10. Drop-off: Wallpaper Engine (rank 7), Call of Duty (rank 9), Delta Force (rank 10). Big movers of 5 or more ranks: none. Other moves: Bongo Cat 6 to 5, FiveM 8 to 6, Apex 5 to 8. Held: CS2 1, Dota 2 2, PUBG 3, WARDOGS 4. Clock 08:01:39.006720 on October 17 to 06:01:35.388875 on 2026-10-18.
What today's Steam trends reveal
The top three live-service shooters did not move. The story is the middle: Apex fell 3 ranks, Bongo Cat and FiveM climbed, and ARC Raiders re-entered at 7 after the Frozen Trail window that trackers put at 185443 on October 11. Wallpaper Engine's utility slot is gone. See the Steam Most Played API page and best Steam MCP servers.
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The ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Steam Most Played and limit 10. Desks tracking this board can poll the same call.
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- Previous daily: Steam trending October 17, 2026
- Data source: Steam Most Played API
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