Steam releases · May 2012

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

May 20121 May – 31 May 201240 releases

Apr 2012 Now Jun 2012

May 2012 at a glance

In May 2012 (1 – 31 May 2012), 40 games released on Steam, and 4 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Max Payne 3 (68,154 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (28 releases), it is 43 % busier. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	40
With a playable demo	4
Median followers, top 20 by demand	1,610
Free to play, of 28 with a known price	0 %
Same window a year earlier	28 (+43 %)

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

53%

——too few

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

14%

——too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

11%

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

16%

——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.

inside May 2012

weeks

Game	Release	Followers
Max Payne 3	2012-05-31	68,154
Street Fighter X Tekken	2012-05-11	8,354
Thief II: The Metal Age	2012-05-22	6,147
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II	2012-05-15	4,259
Magical Diary: Horse Hall	2012-05-31	3,798
Alien Shooter 2 Conscription	2012-05-18	1,610
Avernum 6	2012-05-11	682
Avernum 5	2012-05-11	430
Gratuitous Tank Battles	2012-05-17	357
Dead Hungry Diner	2012-05-16	208