Steam releases · Week 20, 2012

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

WEEK 20 ’12May 14 – May 20, 20126 releasesMTWTFSS

week 20 of 2012 at a glance

In week 20 of 2012 (May 14 – 20, 2012), 6 games released on Steam, and 2 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II (). Compared with the same window a year earlier (6 releases), it is the same size. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	6
With a playable demo	2
Same window a year earlier	6 (0 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 6 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II	2012-05-15	—
Nancy Drew®: Tomb of the Lost Queen	2012-05-16	—
Gratuitous Tank Battles	2012-05-17	—
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	2012-05-18	—
Alien Shooter 2 Conscription	2012-05-18	—
Dead Hungry Diner	2012-05-16	—

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

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Micropublisher median under 50

16%

——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.