Counter-Strike 2 was the No. 1 game on Steam Most Played on September 28, 2026, down 3.3% in 30 days (1.3M players). Ranks 2 to 5: Dota 2, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, Bongo Cat and WARDOGS. 1 of 10 are new since September 27, 2026, led by TBH: Task Bar Hero.
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.
Top trending games on Steam: September 28
Counter-Strike 2
Valve tactical shooter still at rank 1. Down 3.3% over 30 days, recent 1.3M versus 1.4M players. Rank 1.
Dota 2
Valve MOBAtitle holding rank 2. Up 14.5% over 30 days, 860K versus 981.1K players.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Battle-royale title holding rank 3. Down 2% over 30 days, 792.1K versus 771.6K players.
Bongo Cat
Desktop-pet clicker at rank 4 after rank 6, up 2. Down 7.3% over 30 days, 187.7K versus 181.7K players. 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.
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 168.3K 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.
What today's Steam trends reveal
The September 28 Steam ten still opens with three live-service shooters (CS2, Dota 2, PUBG) whose 30-day steam volumes sit at 1.3M, 981.1K, and 771.6K. 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.