Counter-Strike 2 was the No. 1 game on Steam Most Played on September 22, 2026, down 3.3% in 30 days (1.4M players). Ranks 2 to 5: Dota 2, WARDOGS, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and Bongo Cat. No new games entered the top 10 since September 21, 2026.
WARDOGS climbs 4 to 3 on Steam Most Played, 12 days after BULKHEAD and Team17 launched Steam Early Access on September 10. SteamRaw listed an all-time peak of 428.7K concurrent players on September 13 and about 150.5K playing at fetch. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS falls 3 to 4. Counter-Strike 2 still holds 1. FiveM climbs 10 to 7. Trends MCP growth data for Counter-Strike 2: down 3.3% over 30 days on 1.4M versus 1.3M players through 2026-08-01. Same 10 names as September 21.
Top trending games on Steam: September 22
Counter-Strike 2: Valve tactical shooter. Holds 1. Down 3.3% over 30 days (76.3 to 73.8) on 1.4M versus 1.3M players.
Dota 2: Valve MOBA. Holds 2. Up 14.5% over 30 days (75.1 to 86.0) on 860K versus 981.1K players through 2026-08-01.
WARDOGS: BULKHEAD 100-player tactical FPS. Climbs 4 to 3. Steam-stats listed a live count near 150.2K at fetch.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Battle royale. Falls 3 to 4.
Bongo Cat: Free taskbar cat toy from Irox Games, released March 5, 2025. Holds 5.
Valheim: Survival crafting. Climbs 7 to 6.
FiveM: GTA V multiplayer modification client. Climbs 10 to 7 (3 ranks).
Aniimo: Climbs 9 to 8. Still on the board. No widely reported September 22 patch note in the fetch.
Apex Legends: Respawn battle royale. Falls 6 to 9.
TBH: Task Bar Hero: Desktop-toy adjacent to Bongo Cat. Falls 8 to 10 after climbing 10 to 8 yesterday.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
- New: none. Same 10 names.
- Movers: none at 5-plus. WARDOGS 4 to 3. PUBG 3 to 4. FiveM 10 to 7. Valheim 7 to 6. Aniimo 9 to 8. Apex 6 to 9. TBH 8 to 10.
- Unchanged rank: CS2 1, Dota 2 2, Bongo Cat 5.
- Dropped: none.
What today's Steam games reveal
The live concurrent board is still CS2 and Dota 2 at 1-2, with Dota the 30-day gainer (up 14.5%, 981.1K players). WARDOGS at 3 is a 12-day-old Early Access FPS sitting above PUBG. Bongo Cat at 5 and TBH at 10 are desktop toys.
FiveM jumping 10 to 7 is the 3-rank mover. Apex sliding 6 to 9 is the other 3-rank fall.
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 game analysts and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. The matching data source page is Steam Most Played API.
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