Steam releases · May 2008

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

May 20081 May – 31 May 200821 releases

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May 2008 at a glance

In May 2008 (1 – 31 May 2008), 21 games released on Steam, and 9 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa (888 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (8 releases), it is 163 % busier. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	21
With a playable demo	9
Median followers, top 20 by demand	192
Free to play, of 13 with a known price	0 %
Same window a year earlier	8 (+163 %)
Data as of	2026-10-28

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa	2008-05-16	888
Everyday Shooter	2008-05-08	249
Virtual Villagers: A New Home	2008-05-12	200
Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead	2008-05-16	192
Sam & Max 205: What's New Beelzebub?	2008-05-16	192
Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs	2008-05-16	183
Sam & Max 202: Moai Better Blues	2008-05-16	178
Sam & Max: Season Two	2008-05-16	2
Heroes of Might & Magic V	2008-05-13	—
Beyond Good and Evil™	2008-05-13	—

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Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

86%

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

14%

——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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