Steam releases · Week 36, 2021

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WEEK 36 ’21Sep 6 – Sep 12, 2021226 releasesMTWTFSS

week 36 of 2021 at a glance

In week 36 of 2021 (Sep 6 – 12, 2021), 226 games released on Steam, and 17 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG (50,161 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (144 releases), it is 57 % busier. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	226
With a playable demo	17
Median followers, top 20 by demand	2,558
Free to play, of 194 with a known price	11 %
Same window a year earlier	144 (+57 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG	2021-09-07	50,161
NBA 2K22	2021-09-09	44,109
Webbed	2021-09-09	28,661
Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop	2021-09-07	23,859
Lost in Random™	2021-09-10	22,200
The Rewinder	2021-09-09	21,999
Animalia Survival	2021-09-09	14,138
Arboria	2021-09-09	7,973
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites	2021-09-08	3,728
Bot Wars	2021-09-10	2,881

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

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PU # — Popular Upcoming rank; ranks are dynamic, so for released games it is the peakWL # — global wishlist rank (best pre-release for released) — followers — has a demo, number = its peak CCU