Steam releases · Week 43, 2026

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

WEEK 43 ’2619 Oct – 25 Oct 2026797 releasesMTWTFSS

week 43 of 2026 at a glance

In week 43 of 2026 (19 – 25 Oct 2026), 797 games released on Steam, and 147 of them shipped with a playable demo. The most anticipated is Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 (, Popular Upcoming #1, wishlist rank #34). Compared with the same window a year earlier (646 releases), it is 23 % busier. Data as of 2026-10-28.

window at a glance
Releases	797
With a playable demo	147
On Steam’s Popular Upcoming	277
Wishlist rank in top 100	3
Median followers, top 20 by demand	6,454

Mosaic ListPublishers

classreleasespeak playersmedianp90kept at 5w

Majorpublisher median 5,000+ reviews

—

——too few

Largepublisher median 1,000–5,000

7712,392too few

Midpublisher median 200–1,000

3274,199too few

Smallpublisher median 50–200

611,300too few

Micropublisher median under 50

227too few

Self-publishedno external publisher

669

85%

350too 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.

Game	Release	Followers
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4	2026-10-22	—
Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest	2026-10-23	17,948
Online: 404	2026-10-21	18,406
FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE	2026-10-22	49,882
THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival	2026-10-22	20,204
Escape from Playtime	2026-10-21	16,035
Moon Sweepers	2026-10-23	5,902
We Were Here Tomorrow	2026-10-20	15,815
Stupid Never Dies	2026-10-21	15,100
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet	2026-10-22	7,337