Steam releases · November 2008

Who takes the attention in this window · releases grouped by the observed scale of their publisher

Nov 20081 Nov – 30 Nov 200817 releases

Oct 2008 Now Dec 2008

November 2008 at a glance

In November 2008 (1 – 30 Nov 2008), 17 games released on Steam, and 9 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Mount & Blade (29,761 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (20 releases), it is 15 % quieter. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	17
With a playable demo	9
Median followers, top 20 by demand	603
Free to play, of 17 with a known price	0 %
Same window a year earlier	20 (-15 %)

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

23%

——too few

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

——too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

65%

——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.

inside November 2008

weeks

Game	Release	Followers
Mount & Blade	2008-11-03	29,761
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time	2008-11-21	9,213
Geneforge 5: Overthrow	2008-11-01	603
Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two	2008-11-07	432
7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven	2008-11-14	243
Left 4 Dead	2008-11-17	—
Call of Duty: World at War	2008-11-18	—
Tomb Raider: Underworld	2008-11-21	—
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™	2008-11-21	—
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™	2008-11-21	—