Top Steam games today: Oct 21, 2026

Dota 2 remains rank 1 on Steam Most Played for October 21, 2026, snapshot 08:01:46.633513. A steam get_growth call printed 30-day minus 8.14 percent on volume 919002 versus 981123. Counter-Strike 2 holds 2 with 30-day minus 2.3 percent on volume 1450705 (volume growth plus 8.97 percent). Call of Duty is a new rank 8. TBH: Task Bar Hero drops off. WARDOGS holds 5.

Top trending games on Steam: October 21

1. Dota 2

   MOBA at rank 1, unchanged. steam 30-day minus 8.14 percent, recent volume 919002 versus 981123. 7-day window collapsed.

2. Counter-Strike 2

   Shooter at rank 2, unchanged. steam 30-day minus 2.3 percent, volume 1450705 versus 1331274, volume growth plus 8.97 percent.

3. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

   Battle royale at rank 3, unchanged. steam 30-day minus 4.64 percent, volume 788224 versus 771621.

4. Bongo Cat

   Desktop pet at rank 4, unchanged. steam 30-day plus 2.7 percent, volume 188817 versus 181650.

5. WARDOGS

   Tactical FPS at rank 5, unchanged. SteamDB sampled a 148194 peak on October 21, after 199998 on October 20 and a 336202 October peak on October 15. Release dated September 10.

6. FiveM

   GTA multiplayer client at rank 6, up 1 from 7.

7. Apex Legends

   Battle royale at rank 7, up 2 from 9.

8. Call of Duty

   Shooter at rank 8, new. Replaces TBH: Task Bar Hero. No separate October 21 patch note was attached beyond the ranked row.

9. Wallpaper Engine

   Utility at rank 9, down 1 from 8.

10. Team Fortress 2

    Shooter at rank 10, down 4 from 6. See the Steam Most Played API page.

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What changed on Steam since yesterday

New: Call of Duty at 8. Drop-off: TBH: Task Bar Hero. FiveM 7 to 6. Apex 9 to 7. Wallpaper Engine 8 to 9. Team Fortress 2 6 to 10. Ranks 1 through 5 unchanged. Clock 08:01:34.901090 on October 20 to 08:01:46.633513 on October 21.

What today's Steam games reveal

The Steam ten is still Dota, CS2, PUBG, Bongo Cat, and WARDOGS in 1 through 5, then a shuffle that puts Call of Duty in and TBH out. Team Fortress 2 is the 4-rank slide. Generating call limit is 10. Snapshot type remains Steam Most Played. CS2 volume 1450705 is the largest steam volume on the list. Clock 08:01:46.633513 versus 08:01:34.901090 is a 12.267577 second shift. WARDOGS held 5 after a 148194 peak on this calendar day. The board still prints exactly 10 named rows. FiveM is 6. Apex Legends is 7.

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. Desks tracking this board can poll the same call.

{
  "type": "Steam Most Played",
  "limit": 10
}

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