Steam releases · Week 42, 2009

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

WEEK 42 ’09Oct 12 – Oct 18, 20097 releasesMTWTFSS

week 42 of 2009 at a glance

In week 42 of 2009 (Oct 12 – 18, 2009), 7 games released on Steam, and 4 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Machinarium (32,202 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (3 releases), it is 133 % busier. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	7
With a playable demo	4
Median followers, top 20 by demand	32,202
Same window a year earlier	3 (+133 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 7 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Machinarium	2009-10-16	32,202
Project Freedom	2009-10-14	—
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Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

95%

——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.