Steam releases · Q1 2006

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Q1 20061 Jan – 31 Mar 20063 releasesJFM

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Q1 2006 at a glance

In Q1 2006 (1 Jan – 31 Mar 2006), 3 games released on Steam. The most anticipated is Space Empires IV Deluxe (1,974 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (4 releases), it is 25 % quieter. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	3
With a playable demo	0
Median followers, top 20 by demand	1,974
Same window a year earlier	4 (-25 %)
Data as of	2026-10-28

most anticipated, top 3 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Space Empires IV Deluxe	2006-02-07	1,974
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45	2006-03-14	—
Dangerous Waters	2006-02-07	—

Popular Upcoming, wishlist rank and demand score are defined in Help.

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Micropublisher median under 50

70%

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

30%

——too few

Class is the observed scale of a publisher’s portfolio: the median review count of what they released over the last 36 months. Budgets are invisible to us, so these are not the industry’s AAA and AA labels.Peak players is the highest concurrent count since release. “Kept at 5w” compares the fifth week against the first-week peak, counting only releases with at least 20 concurrent players.Concurrent players are observed from 2026-07-19 onward. Releases before that date have no player columns, and that is a gap in our watching, not a zero.

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