30,812 (25,422 released + 5,390 upcoming)JFMAMJJASOND
classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w
Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews
56
12%
4,36440,03028%
Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000
270
18%
5969,64823%
Midpublisher median 200–1,000
762
9%
941,38917%
Smallpublisher median 50–200
1,058
3%
1926617%
Micropublisher median under 50
3,379
1%
21919%
Self-publishedno external publisher
23,924
57%
24920%
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 (1 Jan – 31 Dec 2026), 30,812 games have released or are due on Steam, and 9,632 of them ship with a playable demo. The most anticipated is AION 2 (139,883 followers, Popular Upcoming #1, wishlist rank #34). Compared with the same window a year earlier (21,022 releases), it is 47 % busier. Data as of .
