Steam
Counter-Strike 2 still leads Steam Most Played on September 2, 2026, while Marvel Rivals is new at 8 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is new at 10, replacing Wallpaper Engine and How to Fish from the September 1 Steam board. Palworld climbs 6 to 5. FiveM climbs 8 to 6. Apex Legends (the API row prints Apex Legends™) slips 5 to 7. The pull is stamped as_of 2026-09-02T06:01:39 on the Steam Most Played API feed. CS2's 30D steam index still reads 76.3 to 73.8 (minus 3.28%) with volume 1,331,274 versus 1,420,896 (minus 6.31%).
Top trending games on Steam: September 2
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 that 30D series cooled; 7D on this source was collapsed.
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. 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. The rank is stable relative to a small 30D dip.
Bongo Cat: A desktop pet that sits on the screen. Rank 4 holds, with no separate September 2 content drop identified for the pet client.
Palworld: Pocketpair's creature-survival game, rank 5 after rank 6 yesterday. The climb is a one-slot move on the live board, not a new download print in this row.
FiveM: A GTA V multiplayer modification client, rank 6 after rank 8 yesterday (plus 2). It is the largest climb among returning titles.
Apex Legends: Respawn's free battle royale, rank 7 after rank 5 yesterday. The Trends MCP row shows Apex Legends™; the published name here is Apex Legends.
Marvel Rivals: NetEase's hero shooter, new at 8. No extra patch notes are attached to this seat beyond the new rank on the September 2 board.
TBH: Task Bar Hero: An idle RPG that runs in the Windows taskbar. Rank 9 holds.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Ubisoft's tactical shooter, new at 10. The same day's YouTube trending board also lists a new R6 SEASON title at 9, so Siege is on both boards without a separate patch note invented here.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
| Change | Game | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| New | Marvel Rivals | Rank 8 |
| New | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Rank 10 |
| Climb | Palworld | 6 to 5 |
| Climb | FiveM | 8 to 6 |
| Slip | Apex Legends | 5 to 7 |
| Drop-off | Wallpaper Engine | Was 7 |
| Drop-off | How to Fish | Was 10 |
Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, and Bongo Cat hold 1 through 4. TBH: Task Bar Hero holds 9. No title moved 5 or more ranks.
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. Bongo Cat at 4 and TBH: Task Bar Hero at 9 are the desktop-toy fixtures that did not move.
The day's rotation is shooters and GTA V multiplayer taking seats from a wallpaper workshop and a fishing title. Marvel Rivals at 8 and Rainbow Six Siege at 10 put two additional shooters on a board that already had CS2, PUBG, and Apex. FiveM rising 8 to 6 is the GTA V mod client taking the slot Apex vacated.
Palworld edging 6 to 5 is a one-rank live-board move, not a 30D recovery print in this file. Dota 2 remains the growth exception on July 1 versus August 1: plus 14.51% index, volume 981,123 versus 860,019, while CS2 and PUBG ticked down. Concurrent users beyond those growth volumes are not invented here.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on the Steam Most Played feed, limited to 10 rows and stamped as_of 2026-09-02T06:01:39. 30D growth for Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS came from get_growth on source steam (7D was collapsed on this source). See the Steam Most Played API page for the feed contract.
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