Steam
Counter-Strike 2 holds rank 1 on Steam Most Played on September 3, 2026. Dota 2 holds 2 and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS holds 3. A get_growth pull on steam for 30 days through August 1 prints CS2 at -3.28 percent index (76.3 to 73.8) on 1,331,274 volume, Dota 2 at +14.51 percent (75.1 to 86.0) on 981,123 volume, and PUBG at -2.02 percent (19.8 to 19.4) on 771,621 volume. Wallpaper Engine is new at 10, replacing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, which entered at 10 on September 2. Ranks 1-9 match the September 2 Steam board, including Marvel Rivals at 8 and FiveM at 6. A Steam Most Played API snapshot at 06:01 UTC listed 10 games.
Top trending games on Steam: September 3
Counter-Strike 2: Valve tactical shooter. Holds 1. Steam 30D through August 1 is -3.28 percent on 1,331,274 volume (from 1,420,896, -6.31 percent).
Dota 2: Valve MOBA. Holds 2. 30D +14.51 percent on 981,123 volume (from 860,019, +14.08 percent).
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Battle royale. Holds 3. 30D -2.02 percent on 771,621 volume.
Bongo Cat: Desktop-pet / idle hit. Holds 4.
Palworld: Creature-survival game. Holds 5.
FiveM: GTA V multiplayer client. Holds 6 after 8 to 6 on September 2.
Apex Legends: Respawn battle royale. Holds 7.
Marvel Rivals: Marvel hero shooter. Holds 8 after entering yesterday.
TBH: Task Bar Hero: Desktop toy. Holds 9.
Wallpaper Engine: Live-wallpaper utility. New at 10, replacing Rainbow Six Siege.
The live ranked board beyond today's top 10 is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key
What changed on Steam since yesterday
| Change | Game | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| New | Wallpaper Engine | Rank 10 |
| Drop-off | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Was 10 |
Ranks 1-9 unchanged: CS2, Dota 2, PUBG, Bongo Cat, Palworld, FiveM, Apex Legends, Marvel Rivals, TBH.
What today's Steam games reveal
The concurrent-player board is still Valve plus a desktop-toy cluster. CS2's 1.33 million August 1 volume leads, but Dota 2 is the 30-day gainer at +14.51 percent. Marvel Rivals holding 8 after a new entry on September 2 is a stickier shooter than Siege, which lasted one day at 10.
Wallpaper Engine at 10 is a utility, not a match-based game. How to Fish, which ranks 9 on YouTube as a full-game upload after a 370,901 peak on August 25, is not on this most-played 10.
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. The same call is how games teams pull a dated snapshot. Growth clauses used get_growth on steam for 30D windows through August 1. See the Steam Most Played API page for the feed contract.
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