Steam
Dota 2 is rank 1 on Steam Most Played for October 9, 2026, snapshot 2026-10-09T08:01:37.743043, up from rank 2 on October 8. Counter-Strike 2 slips to rank 2. Delta Force is the only new title, at rank 10, replacing Limbus Company. get_growth on steam for Dota 2: 30D minus 8.14 percent (86.0 on 2026-08-01 to 79.0 on 2026-09-01) with volume 981123 to 919002. The 7D window collapsed and is omitted.
Top trending games on Steam: October 9
Dota 2
MOBAs fixture at rank 1 after rank 2. get_growth on steam: 30D minus 8.14 percent, volume 919002 versus 981123. Rank rose on this board even as the 30D index fell. Valve catalog staple.
Counter-Strike 2
Tactical shooter at rank 2 after rank 1. get_growth on steam for CS2: 30D minus 2.3 percent (73.8 to 72.1) while volume rose 8.97 percent (1331274 to 1450705). Index and concurrent rank moved in opposite directions.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Battle royale at rank 3, unchanged. get_growth on steam: 30D minus 4.64 percent (19.4 to 18.5) with volume 771621 to 788224. Volume up, index down, rank flat.
Bongo Cat
Desktop-pet title at rank 4, unchanged. Same slot as October 8. No widely reported extra trigger identified for October 9, 2026.
WARDOGS
Early Access FPS at rank 5, unchanged. Polygon dated the Bulkhead / Team17 launch and 1 million copies sold to the September 10 Early Access window. SteamRanker listed about 91470 concurrent players and a 428666 peak on September 13, with live rank near 7 on third-party charts versus rank 5 on this MCP board.
Team Fortress 2
Class shooter at rank 6 after rank 10, up 4. Not a 5+ mover. Catalog return toward the middle of the ten.
Apex Legends
Free-to-play shooter at rank 7, unchanged. Same slot as October 8.
FiveM
GTA multiplayer client at rank 8 after rank 6, down 2. Two-rank slip.
Wallpaper Engine
Wallpaper utility at rank 9 after rank 8, down 1. Non-game row still on a most-played board.
Delta Force
New at rank 10. Shooter that was not on the October 8 ten. Limbus Company (was 9) drops off. No widely reported extra trigger identified for October 9, 2026 beyond the ranking.
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What changed on Steam since October 8
New entrants: Delta Force (10). Big movers (5+ ranks): none. Other moves: Dota 2 2 to 1, CS2 1 to 2, TF2 10 to 6, FiveM 6 to 8, Wallpaper Engine 8 to 9. Drop-offs: Limbus Company (9). Bongo Cat, WARDOGS, PUBG, and Apex hold. as_of 2026-10-09T08:01:37.743043 versus 2026-10-08T08:01:40.888189.
What today's Steam games reveal
The October 9 Steam ten is still CS2, Dota 2, and PUBG in some order, plus a September Early Access FPS that has cooled from a 428666 peak. Dota 2 taking rank 1 is a one-slot swap, not a new release. TF2's four-rank climb to 6 is the largest intra-list move. Delta Force at 10 is the only substitution. WARDOGS holding 5 a month after a September 10 launch is the durable new-game story; Bongo Cat at 4 is the durable oddity.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on October 9, 2026. The call is for analysts who need a dated snapshot of a live board rather than a keyword time series. The matching data source page is Steam Most Played API.
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