Announcements from the games Steam lists as most played or newly released. Steam does not rank news by importance, so neither does this. Only 1 of the 2 stories on file is about one of those games, so the rest of this row is simply the newest news on Steam.

Hawk T Mk1A and Pre-order for the Hawk T Mk1A (FRP) — Back to School

War Thunder · Wed, 09 Sep 2026

The Blood of Dawnwalker - 1 million copies sold

The Blood of Dawnwalker · Wed, 09 Sep 2026

Valve's own count of players in game, not ours. 100 games, as Steam reported them at 2026-09-09T12:26. The week column is Valve's rank a week ago against its rank now.

#		Game	Playing now	All-time peak	Week
1		Counter-Strike 2	1,067,904	1,244,579	—
2		Dota 2	602,242	823,285	—
3		PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	521,105	699,519	—
4		Apex Legends™	188,114	256,292	▲ 1
5		Bongo Cat	137,098	172,593	▲ 49
6		Delta Force	123,378	143,426	▲ 23
7		FiveM	108,004	185,547	▲ 2
8		TBH: Task Bar Hero	106,602	106,602	▲ 33
9		Palworld	97,154	125,064	▲ 1
10		Wallpaper Engine	90,476	104,317	▼ 6
11		Rust	83,470	115,619	▲ 19
12		Path of Exile 2	76,338	108,758	▲ 74
13		Slay the Spire 2	71,833	92,961	▼ 5
14		War Thunder	68,612	78,052	▲ 4
15		The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	68,164	83,226	▼ 4
16		Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced	64,057	79,000	▲ 4
17		Stardew Valley	60,731	78,436	▲ 8
18		Grand Theft Auto V Legacy	58,050	70,136	▼ 11
19		Dead by Daylight	55,993	76,090	▼ 2
20		Warframe	54,677	64,554	▲ 8
21		Project Zomboid	51,538	74,872	▲ 1
22		Onimusha: Way of the Sword	49,965	66,653	—
23		Team Fortress 2	49,748	56,949	▲ 8
24		NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	49,574	65,104	▲ 14
25		Terraria	46,259	60,545	▼ 6
26		Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	45,740	90,270	▼ 12
27		EA SPORTS FC™ 26	44,979	63,847	▼ 12
28		Overwatch®	44,569	61,669	▼ 12
29		How to Fish	42,651	73,677	▼ 23
30		HELLDIVERS™ 2	41,394	56,259	▼ 18
31		Deadlock	39,761	73,384	▼ 8
32		Red Dead Redemption 2	39,365	49,985	—
33		Don't Starve Together	38,746	51,234	▲ 7
34		Marvel Rivals	38,216	95,219	▼ 21
35		Hearts of Iron IV	37,661	45,556	▲ 8
36		VRChat	36,800	54,016	—
37		Football Manager 26	35,853	47,071	▲ 34
38		Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	33,983	40,216	▲ 23
39		Baldur's Gate 3	33,867	55,391	▼ 6
40		ELDEN RING	33,306	41,526	▼ 1
41		Street Fighter™ 6	33,248	40,158	▲ 16
42		Limbus Company	32,369	32,369	▼ 15
43		Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	32,197	38,237	▲ 17
44		Cyberpunk 2077	31,960	41,518	▼ 10
45		Geometry Dash	31,465	46,310	▼ 24
46		Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	31,342	31,342	▼ 1
47		Escape from Tarkov	31,179	36,130	▲ 43
48		Hunt: Showdown 1896	30,199	35,148	▲ 31
49		DayZ	30,157	52,711	▲ 15
50		Battlefield™ 6	29,992	45,738	▼ 26
51		Monster Hunter Wilds	29,223	35,205	▲ 45
52		Crosshair X	28,541	38,513	▲ 16
53		Euro Truck Simulator 2	28,111	40,175	▼ 18
54		7 Days to Die	28,110	36,250	▲ 9
55		PAYDAY 2	28,105	28,105	—
56		tModLoader	27,481	35,771	▼ 5
57		Crimson Desert Enhanced	27,339	33,209	▲ 13
58		RimWorld	27,079	31,286	▲ 23
59		The Blood of Dawnwalker	26,575	54,629	—
60		OBS Studio	25,597	31,994	▲ 2
61		Total War: WARHAMMER III	25,427	33,276	▼ 8
62		Black Myth: Wukong	23,711	30,742	▲ 4
63		Farming Simulator 25	23,404	45,767	▲ 4
64		ARK: Survival Ascended	23,247	31,464	▲ 27
65		ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN	23,033	29,799	▲ 24
66		Once Human	22,840	29,002	▲ 8
67		Arena Breakout: Infinite	22,227	32,334	▲ 2
68		PEAK	21,440	35,836	▼ 42
69		NBA 2K27	21,116	27,131	—
70		The Sims™ 4	20,088	26,944	▼ 14
71		Black Desert	19,965	23,721	—
72		Russian Fishing 4	19,718	22,518	—
73		Call of Duty®	19,522	31,640	▼ 26
74		Eternal Return	19,513	23,861	—
75		Monster Hunter: World	19,460	24,998	—
76		Garry's Mod	18,549	28,635	▼ 24
77		FINAL FANTASY XIV Online	18,259	35,209	—
78		The Isle	18,050	24,603	—
79		The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	17,909	29,846	▼ 24
80		Forza Horizon 6	17,866	23,058	▼ 32
81		Crusader Kings III	17,445	22,097	—
82		ARK: Survival Evolved	16,983	20,405	—
83		VTube Studio	16,832	19,737	—
84		Left 4 Dead 2	16,829	29,122	▼ 47
85		BeamNG.drive	16,480	24,131	▼ 39
86		Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2	16,462	19,459	▲ 13
87		ARC Raiders	16,356	31,191	▼ 28
88		Football Manager 2024	16,285	18,980	—
89		Valheim	16,077	27,022	▲ 6
90		eFootball™	15,826	21,923	▼ 40
91		Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	15,366	20,026	▼ 6
92		Where Winds Meet	15,181	20,278	—
93		The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition	15,153	19,659	▼ 21
94		R.E.P.O.	14,965	24,118	▼ 50
95		STALZONE	14,568	19,091	—
96		Unturned	14,477	14,839	—
97		NBA 2K26	14,357	18,301	▼ 20
98		Factorio	14,238	20,876	—
99		Sid Meier's Civilization VII	14,192	19,256	—
100		Zenless Zone Zero	13,967	13,967	▼ 12

Steam's own new-release list, 30 entries, fetched 2026-09-09T11:40. Showing 8.

Country Town Trains

Font no Game ～Which I Master～

The Frontier Ballad: Tang Warden

CATAL CARTA

When We Arrive

BeaterCore

In Falsus

Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster

Valve publishes this week's rank and last week's. The difference between them is the only figure here.

120 games on file, all of them links in this page before anything runs. 1 has a page here and is unmarked; the rest are blue and go to Steam. 118 carry a release date and 100 a measured player count; the rest show an empty cell rather than a zero.

• 7 Days to Die25 Jul, 202429,144
• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition14 Nov, 201916,277
• Aimlabs16 Jun, 2023—
• Among Us16 Nov, 2018—
• Apex Legends™4 Nov, 2020239,339
• ARC Raiders30 Oct, 202516,945
• Arena Breakout: Infinite15 Sep, 202523,617
• ARK: Survival Ascended25 Oct, 202324,226
• ARK: Survival Evolved27 Aug, 201717,375
• Assetto Corsa19 Dec, 2014—
• Baldur's Gate 33 Aug, 202334,715
• Battlefield™ 610 Oct, 202532,182
• BeamNG.drive29 May, 201517,367
• Black Desert24 May, 201720,205
• Black Myth: Wukong19 Aug, 202425,360
• Blender24 Apr, 2015—
• Bloons TD 617 Dec, 2018—
• Bodycam8 Jun, 2024—
• BOMBANANA!2 Sep, 2026—
• Bongo Cat5 Mar, 2025141,022
• Brawlhalla17 Oct, 2017—
• Call of Duty®27 Oct, 202220,187
• Counter-Strike 221 Aug, 20121,253,799
• Crimson Desert Enhanced20 Mar, 202628,661
• Crosshair X17 Aug, 202029,104
• Crusader Kings III1 Sep, 202018,086
• Cyberpunk 20779 Dec, 202033,148
• DayZ13 Dec, 201830,773
• Dead by Daylight14 Jun, 201657,785
• DeadlockTo be announced—
• Delta Force4 Dec, 2024139,208
• Destiny 21 Oct, 2019—
• Don't Starve Together21 Apr, 201641,079
• Dota 29 Jul, 2013688,370
• EA SPORTS FC™ 2626 Sep, 202547,546
• eFootball™29 Sep, 202116,226
• ELDEN RING25 Feb, 202234,741
• ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN29 May, 202525,577
• Escape from Tarkov15 Nov, 202532,751
• Eternal Return19 Jul, 202320,650
• Euro Truck Simulator 212 Oct, 201229,806
• Factorio14 Aug, 202014,553
• Farming Simulator 2512 Nov, 202424,727
• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online18 Feb, 201419,248
• FiveM—129,468
• Football Manager 20246 Nov, 202316,754
• Football Manager 264 Nov, 202536,766
• Forza Horizon 618 May, 202618,833
• Gamble With Your Friends1 May, 2026—
• Garry's Mod29 Nov, 200618,936
• Geometry Dash22 Dec, 201432,166
• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced4 Mar, 202566,821
• Grand Theft Auto V Legacy13 Apr, 201560,625
• Halloween: The Game8 Sep, 2026—
• Hearts of Iron IV6 Jun, 201639,224
• HELLDIVERS™ 28 Feb, 202442,980
• How to Fish20 Aug, 202648,841
• Hunt: Showdown 189627 Aug, 201932,649
• IdleOn - The Incremental MMO6 Nov, 2025—
• Left 4 Dead 216 Nov, 200918,695
• Limbus Company26 Feb, 202333,095
• Marvel Rivals5 Dec, 202439,481
• Monster Hunter Wilds27 Feb, 202531,899
• Monster Hunter: World8 Aug, 201820,576
• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord25 Oct, 202233,505
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT11 Aug, 202151,894
• NBA 2K264 Sep, 202515,263
• NBA 2K273 Sep, 202621,924
• OBS Studio21 Mar, 202226,129
• Once Human9 Jul, 202423,291
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword3 Sep, 202653,245
• Overwatch®10 Aug, 202347,874
• Palworld9 Jul, 2026110,350
• Path of Exile 26 Dec, 202478,173
• PAYDAY 213 Aug, 201328,666
• PEAK16 Jun, 202522,812
• Phasmophobia18 Sep, 2020—
• Project Zomboid8 Nov, 201352,908
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS21 Dec, 2017646,152
• R.E.P.O.26 Feb, 202517,091
• Ready or Not13 Dec, 2023—
• Red Dead Redemption 25 Dec, 201941,352
• Resident Evil Requiem26 Feb, 20263,441
• RimWorld17 Oct, 201827,644
• Rocket League®6 Jul, 2015—
• Russian Fishing 410 Nov, 202120,638
• Rust8 Feb, 201886,495
• Sid Meier's Civilization VII11 Feb, 202514,678
• Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI20 Oct, 201635,095
• Slay the Spire 25 Mar, 202676,171
• Sons Of The Forest22 Feb, 2024—
• STALZONE9 Dec, 202215,019
• STAR WARS Zero Company™27 Aug, 2026—
• Stardew Valley26 Feb, 201662,706
• Street Fighter™ 61 Jun, 202334,394
• TBH: Task Bar Hero27 May, 2026112,009
• Team Fortress 210 Oct, 200748,512
• Terraria16 May, 201147,595
• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth4 Nov, 201470,776
• The Blood of Dawnwalker3 Sep, 202627,387
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition27 Oct, 201618,606
• THE FINALS7 Dec, 2023—
• The Isle1 Dec, 201518,786
• The Sims™ 418 Jun, 202021,067
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition18 May, 201515,581
• tModLoader16 May, 202029,191
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege1 Dec, 201547,105
• Total War: WARHAMMER III16 Feb, 202226,138
• Unturned7 Jul, 201714,842
• Valheim2 Feb, 202116,895
• VRChat1 Feb, 201739,315
• VTube Studio12 Mar, 202117,576
• Wallpaper Engine16 Nov, 201897,960
• War Thunder15 Aug, 201372,370
• Warframe25 Mar, 201356,625
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 29 Sep, 202417,596
• Where Winds Meet15 Nov, 202516,346
• Wuthering Waves28 Apr, 2025—
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel18 Jan, 202232,248
• Zenless Zone Zero16 Jun, 202614,267