Steam
Counter-Strike 2 is still No. 1 on Steam Most Played on September 1, 2026, and ranks 1 through 7 match August 31 exactly. The only change is FiveM climbing from 9 to 8 as TBH: Task Bar Hero slips from 8 to 9. Palworld holds 6 even as its 30D index fell from 34.4 on July 1 to 20.0 on August 1, a 41.86% drop, with volume 956,613 to 599,628 (minus 37.32%). The U.S. calendar is the week before Labor Day; that is session context, not a concurrent-user print.
Top trending games on Steam: September 1
Counter-Strike 2: Valve's competitive shooter, still rank 1. On a 30D growth window dated July 1 versus August 1, the Steam index moved 76.3 to 73.8 (minus 3.28%) and volume 1,420,896 to 1,331,274 (minus 6.31%). Rank held while the 30D series cooled.
Dota 2: Valve's MOBA, still rank 2. The same 30D window shows index 75.1 to 86.0 (plus 14.51%) and volume 860,019 to 981,123 (plus 14.08%). Dota 2 is the top-three title that grew on that comparison.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Krafton's battle royale, still rank 3. 30D index 19.8 to 19.4 (minus 2.02%) and volume 792,142 to 771,621 (minus 2.59%). The rank is stable relative to a small 30D dip.
Bongo Cat: A desktop pet that sits on the screen. Rank 4 holds. No separate September 1 content drop was identified for the pet client.
Apex Legends: Respawn's free battle royale. Rank 5 holds. The store trademark mark is omitted here; the Trends MCP row is the same title in rank 5.
Palworld: Pocketpair's creature-survival game. Rank 6 holds. The 30D collapse (index 34.4 to 20.0, minus 41.86%; volume 956,613 to 599,628, minus 37.32%) is demand cooling on July 1 versus August 1, not a rank exit.
Wallpaper Engine: A paid live-wallpaper workshop app. Rank 7 holds.
FiveM: A GTA V multiplayer modification client. Rank 8, up from 9. It is the only climber on this morning's board.
TBH: Task Bar Hero: An idle RPG that runs in the Windows taskbar, launched May 27. Rank 9 after rank 8 yesterday.
How to Fish: A viral fishing title. Rank 10 holds.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
Ranks 1 through 7 are unchanged: Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, Bongo Cat, Apex Legends, Palworld, Wallpaper Engine. FiveM and TBH: Task Bar Hero swapped 8 and 9. How to Fish stayed 10.
No new entrants. No drop-offs. No mover of 5 or more ranks. The September 1 board is a one-swap day on an otherwise frozen most-played ten.
What today's Steam trends reveal
The live-service core still owns the top of Steam Most Played. CS2, Dota 2, and PUBG hold 1 to 3. Apex Legends holds 5. Palworld holds 6 even after the steepest 30D decline in this set. Desktop toys (Bongo Cat, Wallpaper Engine, How to Fish) and a taskbar idle RPG occupy the rest, with FiveM as the GTA V multiplayer seat that took 8.
Dota 2 is the growth exception: plus 14.51% index and plus 14.08% volume on July 1 versus August 1, while CS2 and PUBG ticked down. Palworld's 41.86% index drop shows a rank can lag a 30D series. Concurrent users beyond those growth volumes are not invented here. Labor Day week in the U.S. is a session backdrop for a stable board, not a claimed spike.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends feed for Steam Most Played, pulled with limit 10 and stamped as_of 2026-09-01T08:01:36. 30D growth for Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, and Palworld came from get_growth on source steam (7D was collapsed on this source). The matching data source page is the Steam Most Played API.
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