Steam
Counter-Strike 2 remains rank 1 on Steam Most Played for September 28, 2026, snapshot 2026-09-28T08:01:35.772891, matching September 27. TBH: Task Bar Hero is a new entrant at rank 10, replacing Delta Force. Bongo Cat rose from rank 6 to rank 4. Aniimo rose from 10 to 7. get_growth on steam for Counter-Strike 2 shows 30D minus 3.28 percent with volume 1420896 to 1331274 (7D collapsed and is omitted).
Top trending games on Steam: September 28
Counter-Strike 2
Valve tactical shooter still at rank 1. get_growth on steam: 30D minus 3.28 percent, recent volume 1331274 versus 1420896. Rank 1.
Dota 2
Valve MOBAtitle holding rank 2. get_growth on steam: 30D plus 14.51 percent, volume 860019 to 981123. 7D collapsed and is omitted.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Battle-royale title holding rank 3. get_growth on steam: 30D minus 2.02 percent, volume 792142 to 771621.
Bongo Cat
Desktop-pet clicker at rank 4 after rank 6, up 2. get_growth on steam: 30D minus 7.3 percent, volume 187676 to 181650. Still inside the ten after a small volume fade.
WARDOGS
BULKHEAD tactical shooter at rank 5 after rank 4, down 1. NVIDIA dated a Game Ready driver to September 9, 2026 ahead of a September 10 Early Access launch. Steam discussions pinned a WD-L020 launch error on September 23 tied to Windows 11 preview KB5124010.
Apex Legends
Respawn battle royale at rank 6 after rank 5, down 1. Display drops the trademark mark.
Aniimo
Creature game at rank 7 after rank 10, up 3. NVIDIA dated the launch to September 16, 2026. SteamPeaks listed a launch peak of 168260 concurrent players.
Valheim
Survival craft game at rank 8 after rank 7, down 1.
FiveM
GTA V multiplayer client holding rank 9.
TBH: Task Bar Hero
Idle taskbar RPG, new at rank 10. Steam store lists a May 27, 2026 release by Nugem Studio and Tesseract Studio, Mixed recent reviews (1906 reviews, 57 percent positive in the last 30 days at fetch time).
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
New entrant: TBH: Task Bar Hero (10). Holdovers: CS2 1, Dota 2 2, PUBG 3, Bongo Cat 6 to 4, WARDOGS 4 to 5, Apex 5 to 6, Aniimo 10 to 7, Valheim 7 to 8, FiveM 9. Drop-off: Delta Force (was 8). No 5-plus rank moves. as_of 2026-09-28T08:01:35.772891 versus 2026-09-27T08:01:39.492347.
What today's Steam trends reveal
The September 28 Steam ten still opens with three live-service shooters (CS2, Dota 2, PUBG) whose 30D steam volumes sit at 1331274, 981123, and 771621. Novelty occupies 4, 5, 7, and 10: Bongo Cat, WARDOGS, Aniimo, TBH. Aniimo climbing from 10 to 7 twelve days after a September 16 launch is the cleanest holdover rise. Delta Force leaving rank 8 made room for TBH at 10.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on September 28, 2026. The call is for analysts who need a dated snapshot of a live board rather than a keyword time series. The matching data source page is Steam Most Played API.
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YouTube overlap is on Steam Most Played vs YouTube trending.