Weekly Steam Report - 16 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2026
For the seven days ending 22/03/2026, 30 games cleared the filters. NAKWON: LAST PARADISE topped the wishlist-movers chart at +8,411 followers. The week's biggest launch was Crimson Desert, hitting 247,340 CCU. For breakouts, Two Beasts Or Not To Beast! moved fastest with a +15 momentum gain.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 22/03/2026. 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 | +8,411 | +682,570 | 682,570 | 111,619 | |
| 2 | +4,214 | +178,192 | 178,192 | 14,939 | |
| 3 |  22 days to release | +3,979 | +230,396 | 230,396 | 194,975 |
| 4 |  53 days to release | +3,912 | +2,585,194 | 5,250,000 | 496,322 |
| 5 | +3,721 | +322,504 | 322,504 | 45,355 | |
| 6 | +2,825 | +650,168 | 2,273,500 | 159,849 | |
| 7 |  9 days to release | +2,722 | +51,585 | 76,741 | 6,242 |
| 8 | +2,510 | +302,240 | 3,661,202 | 449,492 | |
| 9 |  57 days to release | +2,050 | +2,553,219 | 2,553,219 | 341,970 |
| 10 |  25 days to release | +2,031 | +530,452 | 1,383,276 | 174,375 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 16 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 19/03/2026 | 247,340 | 169,822 | 83.8% | $0.55 |
| 2 | 
Released 16/03/2026 | 65,100 | 15,675 | 60.2% | Free / TBD |
| 3 | 
Released 19/03/2026 | 57,433 | 26,940 | 95.2% | $0.70 |
| 4 | 
Released 18/03/2026 | 16,359 | 15,341 | 94.4% | $0.05 |
| 5 | 
Released 17/03/2026 | 12,050 | 10,244 | 95.6% | $0.17 |
| 6 | 
Released 17/03/2026 | 10,905 | 3,786 | 81.5% | $0.21 |
| 7 | 
Released 17/03/2026 | 8,151 | 21,367 | 89.1% | $0.25 |
| 8 | 
Released 16/03/2026 | 3,688 | 2,715 | 73.7% | $0.21 |
| 9 | 
Released 16/03/2026 | 2,997 | 1,426 | 71.3% | $0.11 |
| 10 | 
Released 17/03/2026 | 1,342 | 2,439 | 97.7% | $0.11 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 16/03/2026 and 22/03/2026. 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 20/03/2026 | +15.09 | 22.44 → 37.53 | 21,660 | 131 |
| 2 |  Released 17/03/2026 | +13.84 | 17.04 → 30.88 | 9,595 | 40 |
| 3 |  Released 18/03/2026 | +13.52 | 12.75 → 26.27 | 14,421 | 29 |
| 4 |  Released 18/03/2026 | +13.1 | 13.86 → 26.96 | 2,128 | 43 |
| 5 |  142 days to release | +12.5 | 18.68 → 31.18 | 65,133 | 603 |
| 6 | +12.15 | 10.56 → 22.71 | 50,199 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Released 17/03/2026 | +12.04 | 12.11 → 24.15 | 1,634 | 50 |
| 8 |  Released 18/03/2026 | +11.93 | 26.18 → 38.11 | 16,207 | 104 |
| 9 |  Released 19/03/2026 | +11.46 | 10.32 → 21.78 | 1,216 | 67 |
| 10 |  Released 17/03/2026 | +11.43 | 16.88 → 28.31 | 3,002 | 55 |
