Weekly Steam Report - 27 Sept 2021 - 3 Oct 2021

Here's what moved on Steam between 27/09/2021 and 03/10/2021. The week's biggest launch was New World: Aeternum, hitting 913,027 CCU.

Top Wishlist Movers

Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 03/10/2021. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.

No qualifying movers this week.

Biggest Launches

Steam releases in the week of 27 Sept 2021 - 3 Oct 2021, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.

# Game First-week peak CCU Reviews Positive % Price
1
New World: Aeternum
Released 28/09/2021
913,027 297,237 66.7% $0.81
2
MADNESS: Project Nexus
Released 29/09/2021
4,919 17,567 97.2% $0.19

Breakouts

Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 27/09/2021 and 03/10/2021. Momentum is our composite score of Steam follower growth, Twitch presence, news mentions, and wishlist rank movement - so this table surfaces titles pulling in real attention from more than one channel at once, not games moving on a single signal. To keep the focus on new discovery, we exclude games with 5,000+ reviews, major-publisher backing, and anything released more than 90 days ago (upcoming games at any distance still qualify).

No qualifying breakouts this week.