Today's Steam games: September 10, 2026

Valheim is new at rank 7 on Steam Most Played at as_of 2026-09-10T08:01:37.361691+00:00 (microseconds 361691), the day after Iron Gate shipped version 1.0 with the Deep North biome. Counter-Strike 2 stays at 1. Dota 2 stays at 2.

Bongo Cat climbed 4 to 3 after PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS left the 10 from yesterday's 3. TBH: Task Bar Hero moved 5 to 4, with September 7 notes listing 4 features for the early September content drop. Live concurrent counts disagree across public Steam snapshots, so this post does not quote those widgets.

The September 9 Steam roundup still had PUBG at 3.

Top trending games on Steam: September 10

1. Counter-Strike 2

   Valve tactical shooter, still rank 1. Steam get_growth 30-day through 2026-08-01 is -3.28 percent from 76.3 to 73.8, volume 1,331,274 vs 1,420,896. 7D collapsed, so that window is omitted.

2. Dota 2

   Valve MOBA, still rank 2. 30-day growth is +14.51 percent from 75.1 to 86.0, volume 981,123 vs 860,019 through 2026-08-01. That August vs July volume lift is the only positive 30-day print among the top 3.

3. Bongo Cat

   Idle cat clicker, 4 to 3. Optional 30-day print is -7.3 percent from 100.0 to 92.7, volume 181,650 vs 187,676 through 2026-08-01. The rank gain is PUBG leaving 3, not a new Bongo Cat patch isolated for September 10.

4. TBH: Task Bar Hero

   Idle taskbar RPG, 5 to 4. Developer notes dated 2026-09-07 listed 4 features for the early September update (Plaguelands, level 90 items, new runes, and a skin system) and this post quotes no live CCU.

5. Apex Legends

   Free-to-play shooter, 6 to 5. No widely reported trigger identified for September 10.

6. FiveM

   GTA multiplayer client, 7 to 6. No widely reported trigger identified for September 10.

7. Valheim

   Viking survival game, new at 7. Iron Gate shipped 1.0 on September 9 with Deep North content free for existing owners, and this board does not print a concurrent-player figure for that launch.

8. Palworld

   Creature-survival game, 9 to 8. No widely reported trigger identified for September 10.

9. Delta Force

   Free-to-play shooter, 8 to 9. It sat at 8 on September 9 after returning to the 10.

10. Wallpaper Engine

    Live-wallpaper tool, still rank 10. No widely reported trigger identified for September 10.

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What changed on Steam since yesterday

One name is new: Valheim at 7. One left: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS from yesterday's 3.

Bongo Cat 4 to 3, TBH 5 to 4, Apex 6 to 5, FiveM 7 to 6, Palworld 9 to 8, and Delta Force 8 to 9. CS2, Dota 2, and Wallpaper Engine stay at 1, 2, and 10. PUBG's exit from 3 is the largest hole, and no 5-rank mover remains inside the 10.

What today's Steam trends reveal

The September 10 most-played 10 is still Valve at 1 and 2, with an idle pair (Bongo Cat, TBH) stacked under them after a battle-royale exit. PUBG leaving 3 is the board event. Bongo Cat stepping into 3 is the fill, not a documented Bongo Cat launch day.

Valheim at 7 is a 1.0 graduation row dated September 9. TBH at 4 is still digesting a September 7 note that named 4 features rather than a same-day patch. Dota's +14.51 percent 30-day volume print through August 1 remains the growth outlier among the top 3.

CS2 is -3.28 percent on that same stale monthly window. Steamcharts-style live CCU feeds disagree, so ranks here stay tied to Trends MCP, not those widgets. Wallpaper Engine at 10 is the leftover cosmetic tool after the shooter and survival shuffle above it.

Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP

This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Steam Most Played and limit 10, pulled at as_of 2026-09-10T08:01:37.361691+00:00 (microseconds 361691). Growth clauses use get_growth with source steam for 30D through 2026-08-01. The Steam Most Played API page documents the feed.

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Related trend reports

The September 9 Steam daily is the prior-day comparison. The Steam Most Played API page is the live source contract. A Virlo pricing comparison sits with other social-listening tools.