Steam releases · December 2022

Who else ships in this window — sorted by demand: chart ranks, wishlists and followers

Dec 2022Dec 1 – Dec 31, 20221,078 releases

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December 2022 at a glance

In December 2022 (Dec 1 – 31, 2022), 1,078 games released on Steam, and 98 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Dwarf Fortress (196,829 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (1,138 releases), it is 5 % quieter. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	1,078
With a playable demo	98
Median followers, top 20 by demand	65,429
Free to play, of 962 with a known price	18 %
Same window a year earlier	1,138 (-5 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
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inside December 2022

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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

Dwarf Fortress	2022-12-06	196,829
World War 3	2022-12-10	170,381
IXION	2022-12-07	106,729
High On Life	2022-12-13	95,297
The Callisto Protocol™	2022-12-01	90,633
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2022-12-06	87,925
STALZONE	2022-12-09	87,147
Need for Speed™ Unbound	2022-12-01	85,282
Hello Neighbor 2	2022-12-06	76,923
To Be or Not to Be	2022-12-09	67,112