29,679 (25,544 released + 4,135 upcoming)JFMAMJJASOND
classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w
Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews
43
9%
3,18829,474too few
Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000
170
20%
44312,63923%
Midpublisher median 200–1,000
474
6%
581,19820%
Smallpublisher median 50–200
807
2%
1524219%
Micropublisher median under 50
2,500
1%
21814%
Self-publishedno external publisher
24,451
62%
25320%
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.
In 2026 (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2026), 29,679 games have released or are due on Steam, and 6,876 of them ship with a playable demo. The most anticipated is WARDOGS (185,053 followers, Popular Upcoming #1, wishlist rank #13). Compared with the same window a year earlier (24,552 releases), it is 21 % busier. Data as of .