Weekly Top Trending Games on Steam (29th of January 2025 to 4th of December 2026)

At the beginning of every week, we like to take the opportunity to check out all of the top-trending games on Steam. These are sorted by the games that earned the most Followers throughout the week, and we share their new position on the ranking board (or if they're new to the list from last week).

Check out the top 20 games earning new Followers below!

Counter-Strike 2

↑2 | +10782

• Developer: Valve
• Publisher: Valve
• Genre: Action, Free To Play
• Tags: FPS, Shooter, Multiplayer
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2012
• Steam Link

Bongo Cat

— | +10613

• Developer: Marcel Zurawka, Julius Krüger
• Publisher: Irox Games
• Genre: Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
• Tags: Cats, Free to Play, Clicker
• Release Date: 5 Mar, 2025
• Steam Link

PAYDAY 2

↓2 | +9469

• Developer: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.
• Publisher: Starbreeze Entertainment
• Genre: Action, RPG
• Tags: Co-op, Action, FPS
• Release Date: 13 Aug, 2013
• Steam Link

My Winter Car

↑14 | +8280

• Developer: Amistech Games
• Publisher: Amistech Games
• Genre: Indie, Racing, Simulation
• Tags: Racing, Simulation, Automobile Sim
• Release Date: Coming soon
• Steam Link

ARC Raiders

↓1 | +7532

• Developer: Embark Studios
• Publisher: Embark Studios
• Genre: Action
• Tags: Extraction Shooter, PvP, Third-Person Shooter
• Release Date: 30 Oct, 2025
• Steam Link

Dispatch

— | +5459

• Developer: AdHoc Studio
• Publisher: AdHoc Studio
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual
• Tags: Choices Matter, Story Rich, Superhero
• Release Date: 22 Oct, 2025
• Steam Link

OKU

↑1 | +5406

• Developer: Irox Games
• Publisher: ByteRockers' Games
• Genre: Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Relaxing, Adventure, Atmospheric
• Release Date: To be announced
• Steam Link

Deep Rock Galactic

↑3 | +4779

• Developer: Ghost Ship Games
• Publisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
• Genre: Action
• Tags: Dwarf, Co-op, PvE
• Release Date: 13 May, 2020
• Steam Link

StarRupture

NEW | +4549

• Developer: Creepy Jar
• Publisher: Creepy Jar
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Early Access, Survival, Base Building
• Release Date: 6 Jan, 2026
• Steam Link

Euro Truck Simulator 2

↓1 | +4480

• Developer: SCS Software
• Publisher: SCS Software
• Genre: Indie, Simulation
• Tags: Driving, Transportation, Simulation
• Release Date: 18 Oct, 2012
• Steam Link

Subnautica 2

NEW | +4422

• Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
• Publisher: KRAFTON, Inc.
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Early Access
• Tags: Multiplayer, Horror, Survival
• Release Date: 2026
• Steam Link

Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000

↓7 | +3977

• Developer: Creative Assembly
• Publisher: SEGA
• Genre: Strategy
• Tags: Strategy, Grand Strategy, RTS
• Release Date: To be announced
• Steam Link

Dota 2

↑7 | +3507

• Developer: Valve
• Publisher: Valve
• Genre: Action, Strategy, Free To Play
• Tags: Free to Play, MOBA, Multiplayer
• Release Date: 9 Jul, 2013
• Steam Link

Forza Horizon 6

NEW | +3484

• Developer: Playground Games
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Genre: Racing, Simulation, Sports
• Tags: Racing, Simulation, Sports
• Release Date: 2026
• Steam Link

R.E.P.O.

↑4 | +3438

• Developer: semiwork
• Publisher: semiwork
• Genre: Action, Early Access
• Tags: Horror, Online Co-Op, Multiplayer
• Release Date: 26 Feb, 2025
• Steam Link

Wallpaper Engine

↓3 | +3437

• Developer: Wallpaper Engine Team
• Publisher: Wallpaper Engine Team
• Genre: Casual, Indie, Animation & Modeling
• Tags: Mature, Utilities, Anime
• Release Date: 16 Nov, 2018
• Steam Link

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

NEW | +3418

• Developer: Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Tags: Adventure, Action, Open World
• Release Date: 17 Jun, 2024
• Steam Link

Rust

NEW | +3363

• Developer: Facepunch Studios
• Publisher: Facepunch Studios
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Survival, Crafting, Multiplayer
• Release Date: 8 Feb, 2018
• Steam Link

The Last Caretaker

↓3 | +3278

• Developer: Channel37 Ltd
• Publisher: Channel37 Ltd
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Early Access, Singleplayer, Open World
• Release Date: 6 Nov, 2025
• Steam Link

Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

NEW | +3153

• Developer: Rockstar North
• Publisher: Rockstar Games
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Tags: Open World, Action, Multiplayer
• Release Date: 14 Apr, 2015
• Steam Link