Weekly Steam Report - 29 Dec 2025 - 4 Jan 2026
For the seven days ending 04/01/2026, 7 games cleared the filters. The week's biggest launch was My Winter Car, hitting 24,039 CCU.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 04/01/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 29 Dec 2025 - 4 Jan 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24,039 | 19,005 | 94.2% | $0.10 | |
| 2 | 423 | 314 | 80.3% | $0.11 | |
| 3 | 379 | 496 | 63.5% | Free / TBD | |
| 4 | 224 | 574 | 50.3% | Free / TBD | |
| 5 | 158 | 154 | 90.3% | $0.12 | |
| 6 | 136 | 93 | 82.8% | $0.17 | |
| 7 | 107 | 183 | 97.8% | $0.05 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 29/12/2025 and 04/01/2026. 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).