Steam releases · Week 39, 2012

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

WEEK 39 ’1224 Sep – 30 Sep 201213 releasesMTWTFSS

week 39 of 2012 at a glance

In week 39 of 2012 (24 – 30 Sep 2012), 13 games released on Steam, and 4 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (7,996 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (14 releases), it is 7 % quieter. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Same window a year earlier
Releases	13
With a playable demo	4
Median followers, top 20 by demand	1,277
Free to play, of 12 with a known price	0 %

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

96%

——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.

Game	Release	Followers
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes	2012-09-25	7,996
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Mac Edition	2012-09-27	1,636
New Star™ Soccer 5	2012-09-27	1,473
ETHER VAPOR Remaster	2012-09-27	1,277
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game	2012-09-25	632
Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon	2012-09-24	142
Castle Crashers®	2012-09-26	—
McPixel	2012-09-25	—
Cortex Command	2012-09-28	—
Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy	2012-09-27	—