Launch Window Heatmap
Every Steam genre against the next 26 weeks. Red cells are crowded release windows for that genre - pale ones are quiet. Click any cell to see which games are launching.
Each row uses its own max.
| Sept 26 | Oct 26 | Nov 26 | Dec 26 | Jan 27 | Feb 27 | Mar 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 21 | 28 | 05 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 02 | 09 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 07 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 04 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 01 | 08 | 15 | 22 | 01 | 08 | 15 | |
| Action | 56 | 121 | 48 | 72 | 28 | 147 | 93 | 67 | 30 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| Adventure | 50 | 95 | 45 | 77 | 35 | 142 | 81 | 59 | 29 | 14 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Casual | 76 | 157 | 85 | 69 | 36 | 149 | 154 | 102 | 37 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | |
| Early Access | 25 | 42 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Free To Play | 7 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Indie | 112 | 231 | 118 | 132 | 60 | 293 | 236 | 159 | 65 | 34 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 13 |
| Massively Multiplayer | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Racing | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| RPG | 29 | 59 | 24 | 30 | 19 | 57 | 54 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Simulation | 47 | 93 | 51 | 50 | 29 | 125 | 100 | 61 | 27 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Sports | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Strategy | 37 | 94 | 36 | 41 | 25 | 100 | 109 | 68 | 33 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
Quietest weeks (next 26)
- Week of 14 Dec 2026 ~22.9k Wishlists total
- Week of 18 Jan 2027 ~97.6k Wishlists total
- Week of 21 Dec 2026 ~153.3k Wishlists total
- Week of 28 Dec 2026 ~197.8k Wishlists total
- Week of 15 Mar 2027 ~366.2k Wishlists total
Busiest weeks (next 26)
- Week of 12 Oct 2026 ~18.7M Wishlists total
- Week of 5 Oct 2026 ~15.5M Wishlists total
- Week of 28 Sept 2026 ~11M Wishlists total
- Week of 26 Oct 2026 ~10.7M Wishlists total
- Week of 22 Feb 2027 ~7.7M Wishlists total
Biggest upcoming launches
- Fable 23 Feb ~2.6M
- Phantom Blade Zero 28 Oct ~2.1M
- METRO 2039 4 Feb ~1.3M
- Persona 4 Revival 17 Feb ~1.3M
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV 3 Dec ~1.2M
- CONTROL Resonant 23 Sept ~1.2M
- over the hill 13 Oct ~1.1M
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis 12 Feb ~1M
- Nivalis Nights 28 Sept ~1M
- ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE 30 Sept ~767.6k
- AION 2 4 Oct ~743.8k
- Gears of War: E-Day 5 Oct ~732.6k
- Valor Mortis 12 Oct ~721.8k
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse 13 Oct ~648.6k
- Hela: of Mice & Magic 1 Dec ~605.1k
Games with multiple genres appear in each of their genre rows. Wishlist estimates use the same piecewise curve as Wishlist Movers. Data refreshed every 30 minutes.