Steam
Counter-Strike 2 holds rank 1 on Steam Most Played on September 4, 2026. Dota 2 and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS lock 2 and 3. Rust is new at 10. Wallpaper Engine climbs 10 to 8. Versus the September 3 Steam board, Marvel Rivals leaves 8. Apex Legends climbs 7 to 5. A Steam API growth pull through August 1 versus July 1 prints CS2 30D -3.28 percent (76.3 to 73.8), volume 1,331,274; Dota 2 +14.51 percent (75.1 to 86.0), volume 981,123; PUBG -2.02 percent (19.8 to 19.4), volume 771,621. 7D collapsed on all three.
Top trending games on Steam: September 4
Counter-Strike 2: Valve tactical shooter. Holds 1. Steam 30D growth through August 1 is -3.28 percent, volume 1,331,274 versus 1,420,896. Steam's public stats page listed 658,086 current and 1,193,750 peak in one September snapshot.
Dota 2: Valve MOBA. Holds 2. 30D growth +14.51 percent, volume 981,123 versus 860,019. Same public snapshot: 424,311 current, 828,824 peak.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Battle royale. Holds 3. 30D growth -2.02 percent, volume 771,621 versus 792,142.
Bongo Cat: Desktop-pet / rhythm novelty. Holds 4. The public stats snapshot listed 132,161 current and 165,359 peak.
Apex Legends: Respawn battle royale. Climbs 7 to 5 (2 ranks). Store listing keeps the trademark mark.
Palworld: Pocket-creature survival. Slips 5 to 6.
FiveM: Grand Theft Auto V multiplayer framework. Slips 6 to 7. The public stats snapshot listed 156,758 current and 180,270 peak.
Wallpaper Engine: Paid wallpaper app. Climbs 10 to 8. The public stats snapshot listed 45,285 current and 107,107 peak.
TBH: Task Bar Hero: Desktop-utility title. Holds 9 after a prior new entry.
Rust: Survival game. New at 10, replacing Marvel Rivals. The public stats snapshot listed 118,863 current and 148,276 peak.
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What changed on Steam since yesterday
New entrants: Rust (10).
Movers: Apex Legends 7 to 5; Palworld 5 to 6; FiveM 6 to 7; Wallpaper Engine 10 to 8.
Drop-offs: Marvel Rivals (8).
Unchanged: Counter-Strike 2 1, Dota 2 2, PUBG 3, Bongo Cat 4, TBH 9.
What today's Steam games reveal
The top 3 is a Valve-and-PUBG fixture with slightly negative 30-day CS2 and PUBG prints and a +14.51 percent Dota 2 print through August 1. None of those growth windows include September 4.
Rust returning at 10 and Marvel Rivals leaving is a survival-versus-hero-shooter swap at the bottom. Wallpaper Engine climbing two ranks is an app, not a match-based game, moving on the most-played board.
YouTube's WARDOGS playtest live is not in this Steam top 10 even though Steam's public stats listed WARDOGS Playtest at 161,035 current, ahead of FiveM. The MCP board and the store stats page are not the same 10.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Steam Most Played and limit 10. Growth used get_growth with source steam.
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Read the Steam Most Played API page for the live call.