Weekly Steam Report - 11 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025
For the seven days ending 17/08/2025, 10 games cleared the filters. Among new releases, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition pulled the highest first-week peak at 18,167 concurrent.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 17/08/2025. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 11 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18,167 | 12,760 | 85.8% | $0.24 | |
| 2 | 8,655 | 16,503 | 82.4% | $0.20 | |
| 3 | 7,075 | 5,675 | 85.3% | $0.21 | |
| 4 | 5,964 | 3,690 | 77.2% | Free / TBD | |
| 5 | 4,709 | 5,870 | 52.6% | $0.60 | |
| 6 | 3,545 | 2,674 | 81.1% | $0.10 | |
| 7 | 2,896 | 838 | 91.8% | $0.13 | |
| 8 | 2,290 | 1,692 | 84.2% | $0.16 | |
| 9 | 2,188 | 7,664 | 95.3% | $0.12 | |
| 10 | 1,941 | 2,606 | 84.8% | $0.07 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 11/08/2025 and 17/08/2025. 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).