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WARDOGS climbs 4 to 3 on the Steam Most Played board dated 2026-09-18T06:01:36.869406, passing PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, which eases to 4. Bulkhead and Team17 shipped the tactical FPS to Early Access on September 10. VGC dated September 15 said the studio claimed 2 million copies sold and more than 400,000 concurrent players. Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 still hold 1 and 2. New at 9: Aniimo. Dropped: Limbus Company, TBH: Task Bar Hero. The as_of microseconds are 869406.
Top trending games on Steam: September 18
Counter-Strike 2: Valve competitive shooter. Holds 1, the standing fixture on this Steam most played API board.
Dota 2: Valve MOBA. Holds 2.
WARDOGS: Bulkhead / Team17 Early Access FPS, live on Steam since September 10. PureGameStats listed an all-time peak of 424,561 concurrent players on September 13 and an estimated 2,717,564 units. Steam store charts captured during research showed about 350,423 currently in-game in one snapshot. Climbs 4 to 3.
get_growthon steam returned no_data.PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Krafton battle royale. Eases 3 to 4.
Bongo Cat: Desktop-cat novelty client. Holds 5.
Valheim: Iron Gate survival. Climbs 8 to 6.
FiveM: GTA V multiplayer modification client. Climbs 9 to 7.
Marvel Rivals: Marvel hero shooter. New versus September 17's 10-name list at 8 (Limbus Company dropped).
Aniimo: Title with no widely reported Steam-chart trigger identified for September 18. New at 9.
Apex Legends: Respawn battle royale. Eases 7 to 10.
The live ranked board beyond this top 10 is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key
What changed on Steam since yesterday
- New: Marvel Rivals (8), Aniimo (9).
- Movers: WARDOGS 4 to 3; PUBG 3 to 4; Valheim 8 to 6; FiveM 9 to 7; Apex Legends 7 to 10.
- Unchanged rank: Counter-Strike 2 (1), Dota 2 (2), Bongo Cat (5).
- Dropped: Limbus Company (6), TBH: Task Bar Hero (10).
What today's Steam games reveal
The Valve pair at 1 and 2 did not move. The story is WARDOGS still occupying a top-3 concurrent slot eight days after the September 10 Early Access start, with a documented peak of 424,561 on September 13. PUBG sliding to 4 is the displacement. Ranks 1-10 in order: Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, WARDOGS, PUBG, Bongo Cat, Valheim, FiveM, Marvel Rivals, Aniimo, Apex Legends. That list is 8 returning names plus Marvel Rivals and Aniimo.
Novelty and mods (Bongo Cat, FiveM) remain in the middle. Apex falling 3 ranks is weekend decay, not an exit.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for analysts, editors, and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. Steam get_growth on WARDOGS returned no_data and was omitted. The matching data source page is Steam most played API.
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