Steam releases · Week 12, 2016

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

WEEK 12 ’16Mar 21 – Mar 27, 201672 releasesMTWTFSS

week 12 of 2016 at a glance

In week 12 of 2016 (Mar 21 – 27, 2016), 72 games released on Steam, and 3 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Samorost 3 (40,914 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (52 releases), it is 38 % busier. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	72
With a playable demo	3
Median followers, top 20 by demand	2,867
Free to play, of 67 with a known price	7 %
Same window a year earlier	52 (+38 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Samorost 3	2016-03-24	40,914
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed	2016-03-21	23,509
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition	2016-03-24	8,882
Paws - A Shelter 2 Game	2016-03-24	8,164
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension	2016-03-23	7,393
DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark	2016-03-24	6,387
The Descendant	2016-03-24	6,169
Mimpi Dreams	2016-03-22	2,999
LostWinds	2016-03-24	2,867
LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias	2016-03-24	1,763

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Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

——too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

——too few

Smallpublisher median 50–200

39%

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

59%

——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.