Weekly Steam Report - 27 Apr 2026 - 3 May 2026
Steam activity 27/04/2026 to 03/05/2026: 30 games featured this week. On the pre-launch side, Scars of Honor pulled in 18,742 fresh followers, more than any other upcoming title. The week's biggest launch was Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, hitting 60,508 CCU. Jelly Bubble topped the momentum-jump chart with +32 points on the composite score.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 03/05/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +18,742 | 467,558 | 37,545 | |
| 2 | +17,053 | 242,998 | 24,059 | |
| 3 |  11 days to release | +15,590 | 5,250,000 | 496,157 |
| 4 |  67 days to release | +10,918 | 711,419 | 106,493 |
| 5 | +9,303 | 149,618 | 15,284 | |
| 6 | +6,035 | 100,660 | 20,939 | |
| 7 |  15 days to release | +5,527 | 2,965,215 | 341,970 |
| 8 |  122 days to release | +4,891 | 1,145,045 | 105,379 |
| 9 | +4,731 | 656,644 | 74,853 | |
| 10 | +3,709 | 71,022 | 3,738 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 27 Apr 2026 - 3 May 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 30/04/2026 | 60,508 | 22,195 | 86.8% | $0.35 |
| 2 | 
Released 28/04/2026 | 46,790 | 36,725 | 95.6% | $0.20 |
| 3 | 
Released 29/04/2026 | 12,366 | 16,616 | 81.4% | $0.11 |
| 4 | 
Released 30/04/2026 | 4,520 | 1,518 | 69.8% | $0.13 |
| 5 | 
Released 30/04/2026 | 4,337 | 1,733 | 96.9% | $0.09 |
| 6 | 
Released 28/04/2026 | 3,805 | 9,162 | 58.5% | $0.17 |
| 7 | 
Released 28/04/2026 | 3,765 | 3,011 | 90.6% | $0.18 |
| 8 | 
Released 28/04/2026 | 3,589 | 2,968 | 90% | $0.09 |
| 9 | 
Released 30/04/2026 | 3,505 | 2,104 | 82% | $0.09 |
| 10 | 
Released 01/05/2026 | 2,053 | 1,660 | 75.7% | $0.13 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 27/04/2026 and 03/05/2026. 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 |  93 days to release | +31.56 | 9.22 → 40.78 | 22,477 | 185 |
| 2 | +25.09 | 11.87 → 36.96 | 11,400 | 0 | |
| 3 | +25.07 | 13.42 → 38.49 | 13,547 | 0 | |
| 4 | +22.99 | 19.42 → 42.41 | 70,110 | 0 | |
| 5 | +19.99 | 12.75 → 32.74 | 9,690 | 0 | |
| 6 |  Released 01/05/2026 | +18.03 | 17.13 → 35.16 | 21,755 | 84 |
| 7 | +17.94 | 16.29 → 34.23 | 17,461 | 0 | |
| 8 |  Released 30/04/2026 | +17.42 | 9.49 → 26.91 | 1,501 | 10 |
| 9 |  23 days to release | +17.34 | 22.14 → 39.48 | 134,526 | 289 |
| 10 | +16.59 | 16.71 → 33.3 | 11,153 | 0 |
