Counter-Strike 2 was the No. 1 game on Steam Most Played on September 23, 2026, down 3.3% in 30 days. Ranks 2 to 5: Dota 2, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, Bongo Cat and WARDOGS. No new games entered the top 10 since September 22, 2026. The full ranked top 10 is below, each with a short note on why it is trending.
Counter-Strike 2 still holds 1 on Steam Most Played. Dota 2 holds 2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS climbs 4 to 3. WARDOGS falls 3 to 5 after Games Press dated a 428,666 concurrent peak on September 13 and 2 million copies in under five days from a September 10 Early Access launch. The same 10 names remain; none entered or left. Trends MCP growth data for Counter-Strike 2: down 3.3% over 30 days (76.3 to 73.8) with volume 1,420,896 to 1,331,274 through 2026-08-01.
Top trending games on Steam: September 23
Counter-Strike 2: Valve tactical shooter. Holds 1. Get_growth steam: down 3.3% over 30 days, volume 1,331,274.
Dota 2: Valve MOBA. Holds 2. Get_growth steam: up 14.5% over 30 days (75.1 to 86.0), volume 860,019 to 981,123 through 2026-08-01.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Battle royale. Climbs 4 to 3. Get_growth steam: down 2% over 30 days (19.8 to 19.4), volume 792,142 to 771,621.
Bongo Cat: Idle desktop cat. Climbs 5 to 4.
WARDOGS: BULKHEAD and Team17 100-player tactical FPS. Falls 3 to 5. SteamRaw listed a 428,666 all-time peak on September 13 and a then-current rank near 4 with about 150,508 playing.
Apex Legends: Respawn battle royale. Climbs 9 to 6.
Aniimo: Climbs 8 to 7. No widely reported patch note identified for September 23, 2026.
Valheim: Survival craft. Falls 6 to 8.
TBH: Task Bar Hero: Falls 10 to 9, a one-rank climb in display order from the bottom.
FiveM: GTA V multiplayer client. Falls 7 to 10.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
- New: none.
- Movers: PUBG 4 to 3. Bongo Cat 5 to 4. WARDOGS 3 to 5. Apex Legends 9 to 6. Aniimo 8 to 7. Valheim 6 to 8. TBH 10 to 9. FiveM 7 to 10.
- Unchanged rank: Counter-Strike 2 at 1, Dota 2 at 2.
- Dropped: none. Same 10 names.
What today's Steam games reveal
Valve still owns 1 and 2. The live fight is the Early Access FPS sliding: WARDOGS from 3 to 5 after a September 13 peak of 428,666. PUBG took the vacated 3.
Apex at 6 is a 3-rank climb, short of the 5-rank mover cutoff. Public ranks: Counter-Strike 2 at 1, Dota 2 at 2, PUBG at 3, Bongo Cat at 4, WARDOGS at 5, Apex at 6, Aniimo at 7, Valheim at 8, TBH at 9, FiveM at 10.
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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. The matching data source page is Steam Most Played API.
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