Weekly Steam Report - 28 Apr 2025 - 4 May 2025
Week 18 produced 7 games worth watching across three angles. On the release front, Conquest Dark recorded 6,580 CCU.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 04/05/2025. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 28 Apr 2025 - 4 May 2025, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,580 | 2,677 | 89.5% | $0.09 | |
| 2 | 4,728 | 10,448 | 56.9% | Free / TBD | |
| 3 | 4,522 | 6,221 | 98.2% | Free / TBD | |
| 4 | 1,262 | 4,353 | 97% | $0.17 | |
| 5 | 1,242 | 5,406 | 91.1% | $0.18 | |
| 6 | 1,051 | 881 | 73.9% | $0.45 | |
| 7 | 368 | 804 | 73.6% | $0.06 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 28/04/2025 and 04/05/2025. 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).