Steam releases · Week 22, 2026

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

WEEK 22 ’26May 25 – May 31, 2026718 releasesMTWTFSS

week 22 of 2026 at a glance

In week 22 of 2026 (May 25 – 31, 2026), 718 games released on Steam, and 145 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Paralives (271,537 followers). Compared with the same window a year earlier (487 releases), it is 47 % busier. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	718
With a playable demo	145
Median followers, top 20 by demand	17,080
Free to play, of 546 with a known price	11 %
Same window a year earlier	487 (+47 %)
Data as of	2026-09-13

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Paralives	2026-05-25	271,537
007 First Light	2026-05-26	118,407
Town to City	2026-05-26	55,895
Romestead	2026-05-25	53,030
Starminer	2026-05-27	48,844
TBH: Task Bar Hero	2026-05-27	42,838
Mina the Hollower	2026-05-28	31,952
Wild Assault	2026-05-28	31,630
Realm of Ink	2026-05-26	28,996
Cheap Car Repair	2026-05-28	25,331

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

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

——too few

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

596

96%

——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.