Weekly Steam Report - 26 Jan 2026 - 1 Feb 2026
Here's what moved on Steam between 26/01/2026 and 01/02/2026. Among unreleased games, Resident Evil Requiem added the most followers (+7,539). Highguard headlined the week's launches with a 96,821 CCU peak. For breakouts, Lawnmower game Ufo Chase 2 moved fastest with a +12 momentum gain.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 01/02/2026. 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 |  26 days to release | +7,539 | +76,102 | 1,587,957 | 275,049 |
| 2 |  4 days to release | +5,344 | +91,266 | 536,396 | 62,107 |
| 3 |  46 days to release | +4,437 | +62,118 | 994,126 | 318,108 |
| 4 |  32 days to release | +2,117 | +29,638 | 962,458 | 137,713 |
| 5 |  12 days to release | +1,467 | +26,138 | 857,304 | 105,248 |
| 6 |  9 days to release | +1,182 | +24,528 | 323,806 | 104,692 |
| 7 |  190 days to release | +1,006 | +15,666 | 352,702 | 56,170 |
| 8 |  9 days to release | +667 | +124,292 | 124,292 | 21,777 |
| 9 |  4 days to release | +645 | +14,056 | 784,602 | 106,815 |
| 10 |  67 days to release | +595 | +8,330 | 220,178 | 24,210 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 26 Jan 2026 - 1 Feb 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 26/01/2026 | 96,821 | 40,130 | 45.4% | Free / TBD |
| 2 | 
Released 30/01/2026 | 20,941 | 29,166 | 72.1% | $0.70 |
| 3 | 
Released 29/01/2026 | 14,962 | 21,386 | 94.4% | $0.25 |
| 4 | 
Released 29/01/2026 | 11,420 | 7,152 | 65.1% | $0.55 |
| 5 | 
Released 28/01/2026 | 8,571 | 7,874 | 76.7% | $0.13 |
| 6 | 
Released 30/01/2026 | 2,875 | 1,829 | 71.2% | $0.18 |
| 7 | 
Released 28/01/2026 | 2,577 | 1,716 | 53.7% | $0.15 |
| 8 | 
Released 28/01/2026 | 2,236 | 5,056 | 82.1% | $0.21 |
| 9 | 
Released 27/01/2026 | 2,037 | 2,666 | 92.8% | $0.07 |
| 10 | 
Released 28/01/2026 | 1,935 | 630 | 83.3% | $0.17 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 26/01/2026 and 01/02/2026. 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 |  Released 31/01/2026 | +11.54 | 9.43 → 20.97 | 9,918 | 27 |
| 2 |  100 days to release | +10.35 | 13.45 → 23.8 | 4,294 | 86 |
| 3 |  102 days to release | +9.54 | 11.52 → 21.06 | 16,055 | 50 |
| 4 |  4 days to release | +8.76 | 13.08 → 21.84 | 817 | 17 |
| 5 |  33 days to release | +8.24 | 16.13 → 24.37 | 4,807 | 17 |
| 6 |  61 days to release | +8.18 | 9.5 → 17.68 | 8,607 | 35 |
| 7 |  1 days to release | +7.63 | 28.04 → 35.67 | 29,735 | 343 |
| 8 |  3 days to release | +7.55 | 16.22 → 23.77 | 19,209 | 158 |
| 9 |  24 days to release | +7.05 | 4.12 → 11.17 | 127,036 | 557 |
| 10 |  113 days to release | +6.67 | 10.59 → 17.26 | 1,330 | 4 |