Steam releases · Week 31, 2026

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

WEEK 31 ’26Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026947 releasesMTWTFSS

week 31 of 2026 at a glance

In week 31 of 2026 (Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026), 947 games released on Steam, and 250 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Mistfall Hunter (82,985 followers, wishlist rank #23). Compared with the same window a year earlier (568 releases), it is 67 % busier. Data as of 2026-09-13.

window at a glance
Releases scheduled	947
With a playable demo	250
Wishlist rank in top 100	3
Median followers, top 20 by demand	15,349
Free to play, of 744 with a known price	10 %
Same window a year earlier	568 (+67 %)
Data as of

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

10%

25,37125,371too few

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

35%

17,66037,851too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

3981,31317%

Smallpublisher median 50–200

4241814%

Micropublisher median under 50

234too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

826

46%

37020%

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.

Game	Release	Followers
Mistfall Hunter	2026-07-29	82,985
Halo: Campaign Evolved	2026-07-28	57,388
Corsair Cove	2026-07-31	54,733
The Ranchers	2026-07-30	45,657
How Many Dudes?	2026-07-30	14,071
Machine Party	2026-07-30	29,583
Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call	2026-07-27	22,362
The Relic: First Guardian	2026-07-30	11,230
Leafy Corner	2026-07-30	10,692
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem	2026-07-28	11,051