Steam releases · Week 39, 2026

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

WEEK 39 ’2621 Sep – 27 Sep 2026818 releasesMTWTFSS

week 39 of 2026 at a glance

In week 39 of 2026 (21 – 27 Sep 2026), 818 games released on Steam, and 215 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Love Nest ~V0.098~ (1,119 followers, Popular Upcoming #39, wishlist rank #3656). Compared with the same window a year earlier (399 releases), it is 105 % busier. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	818
With a playable demo	215
Wishlist rank in top 100	4
Median followers, top 20 by demand	10,993
Free to play, of 791 with a known price	9 %
Same window a year earlier	399 (+105 %)
Data as of	2026-10-28

most anticipated, top 10 by demand
Game	Release	Followers
Love Nest ~V0.098~	2026-09-27	1,119
SS13 BAR SIM	2026-09-27	244
Galaxy Critter Co.	2026-09-27	221
Project DevourSlime	2026-09-27	126
盗墓贼Grave digging for wealth	2026-09-27	—
CONTROL Resonant	2026-09-24	73,091
Graveyard Keeper 2	2026-09-22	71,688
Happy Wheels	2026-09-21	25,254
SILENT HILL: Townfall	2026-09-23	29,209
Dressmaker	2026-09-21	47,124

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

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

12%

43,29843,298too few

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

21%

2,17629,580too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

33%

3824,22020%

Smallpublisher median 50–200

492,22815%

Micropublisher median under 50

35834%

Self-publishedno external publisher

667

29%

310817%

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.