Steam releases · Week 19, 2022

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

WEEK 19 ’229 May – 15 May 2022236 releasesMTWTFSS

week 19 of 2022 at a glance

In week 19 of 2022 (9 – 15 May 2022), 236 games released on Steam, and 20 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is We Were Here Forever (45,859 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (170 releases), it is 39 % busier. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	236
With a playable demo	20
Median followers, top 20 by demand	1,286
Free to play, of 229 with a known price	21 %
Same window a year earlier	170 (+39 %)
Data as of	2026-10-28

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
We Were Here Forever	2022-05-10	45,859
Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars	2022-05-11	13,558
Brigandine The Legend of Runersia	2022-05-10	13,342
King of Kinks	2022-05-10	8,843
RPG in a Box	2022-05-10	5,687
I'm on Observation Duty 5	2022-05-13	3,128
Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound	2022-05-10	2,936
ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman	2022-05-10	1,825
MAGICAL ANGEL FAIRY HEART	2022-05-12	1,362
Gamer Girls: Dating Sim	2022-05-14	1,304

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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

——too few

Micropublisher median under 50

——too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

169

88%

——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.