Steam releases · Week 44, 2008

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

WEEK 44 ’0827 Oct – 2 Nov 20083 releasesMTWTFSS

week 44 of 2008 at a glance

In week 44 of 2008 (27 Oct – 2 Nov 2008), 3 games released on Steam, and 1 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Geneforge 5: Overthrow (603 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (1 releases), it is 200 % busier. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	3
With a playable demo	1
Median followers, top 20 by demand	603
Same window a year earlier	1 (+200 %)
Data as of	2026-10-28

most anticipated, top 3 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Geneforge 5: Overthrow	2008-11-01	603
Fallout 3	2008-10-28	—
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena	2008-10-31	—

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

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

93%

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

——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.