Weekly Steam Report - 12 Jan 2026 - 18 Jan 2026
For the seven days ending 18/01/2026, 30 games cleared the filters. Resident Evil Requiem topped the wishlist-movers chart at +5,684 followers. Heartopia headlined the week's launches with a 44,810 CCU peak. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties topped the momentum-jump chart with +29 points on the composite score.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 18/01/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  40 days to release | +5,684 | +48,856 | 1,456,849 | 275,049 |
| 2 |  60 days to release | +3,008 | +42,112 | 875,448 | 318,108 |
| 3 |  18 days to release | +1,706 | +23,884 | 417,130 | 62,107 |
| 4 |  11 days to release | +1,612 | +27,342 | 352,268 | 36,580 |
| 5 |  5 days to release | +1,214 | +189,952 | 189,952 | 21,524 |
| 6 |  32 days to release | +1,122 | +15,708 | 134,302 | 15,250 |
| 7 |  94 days to release | +945 | +160,538 | 160,538 | 22,635 |
| 8 |  23 days to release | +756 | +11,760 | 286,566 | 104,692 |
| 9 |  88 days to release | +737 | +10,318 | 672,056 | 174,375 |
| 10 |  26 days to release | +695 | +822,668 | 822,668 | 105,248 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 12 Jan 2026 - 18 Jan 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 16/01/2026 | 44,810 | 15,661 | 66.1% | Free / TBD |
| 2 | 
Released 12/01/2026 | 31,343 | 13,131 | 81.9% | $0.17 |
| 3 | 
Released 15/01/2026 | 6,018 | 1,617 | 78.8% | $0.09 |
| 4 | 
Released 15/01/2026 | 2,648 | 735 | 93.1% | $0.50 |
| 5 | 
Released 14/01/2026 | 2,600 | 2,957 | 80.6% | $0.17 |
| 6 | 
Released 18/01/2026 | 1,899 | 2,065 | 70% | $0.06 |
| 7 | 
Released 14/01/2026 | 1,318 | 560 | 57.3% | $0.13 |
| 8 | 
Released 16/01/2026 | 1,279 | 474 | 76.8% | $0.09 |
| 9 | 
Released 15/01/2026 | 955 | 1,450 | 96.1% | $0.06 |
| 10 | 
Released 16/01/2026 | 933 | 7,010 | 80.9% | Free / TBD |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 12/01/2026 and 18/01/2026. 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).
| # | Game | Momentum jump | Score (start → end) | WL estimate | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  24 days to release | +28.56 | 10.16 → 38.72 | 134,498 | 3,424 |
| 2 |  7 days to release | +19.97 | 8.81 → 28.78 | 20,273 | 126 |
| 3 |  1 days to release | +17.35 | 22.36 → 39.71 | 29,355 | 117 |
| 4 |  249 days to release | +15.93 | 21.61 → 37.54 | 72,352 | 0 |
| 5 |  61 days to release | +15.26 | 6.54 → 21.8 | 5,738 | 17 |
| 6 |  4 days to release | +14.7 | 26.01 → 40.71 | 165,284 | 1,565 |
| 7 |  88 days to release | +14.08 | 9.37 → 23.45 | 19,247 | 445 |
| 8 |  17 days to release | +14.03 | 13.18 → 27.21 | 8,626 | 78 |
| 9 |  44 days to release | +13.51 | 18.24 → 31.75 | 42,009 | 84 |
| 10 |  1 days to release | +13.23 | 8.74 → 21.97 | 4,750 | 231 |