Steam releases · Week 51, 2008

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

WEEK 51 ’0815 Dec – 21 Dec 20089 releasesMTWTFSS

week 51 of 2008 at a glance

In week 51 of 2008 (15 – 21 Dec 2008), 9 games released on Steam, and 2 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack (6,905 followers). Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	9
With a playable demo	2
Median followers, top 20 by demand	1,143
Same window a year earlier	0
Data as of	2026-10-28

most anticipated, top 9 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack	2008-12-19	6,905
Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition	2008-12-18	1,352
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1	2008-12-18	1,143
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife	2008-12-15	234
SPORE™	2008-12-19	—
Mass Effect (2007)	2008-12-19	—
Need for Speed Undercover	2008-12-19	—
Penguins Arena: Sedna's World	2008-12-18	—
Aquaria	2008-12-15	—

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

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

——too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

98%

——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.