Steam releases · Week 40, 2010

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

WEEK 40 ’10Oct 4 – Oct 10, 20109 releasesMTWTFSS

week 40 of 2010 at a glance

In week 40 of 2010 (Oct 4 – 10, 2010), 9 games released on Steam, and 2 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is X: Beyond the Frontier (2,177 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (14 releases), it is 36 % quieter. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	9
With a playable demo	2
Median followers, top 20 by demand	617
Same window a year earlier	14 (-36 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 9 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
X: Beyond the Frontier	2010-10-08	2,177
The Kings' Crusade	2010-10-08	617
Guild Wars: Eye of the North®	2010-10-08	—
X: Tension	2010-10-08	—
Axel & Pixel	2010-10-06	—
Lugaru HD	2010-10-08	—
ProtoGalaxy	2010-10-06	—
Aura: Fate of the Ages	2010-10-04	—
Diamond Dan	2010-10-08	—

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Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

——too few

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

12%

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

84%

——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.