Weekly Steam Report - 18 May 2026 - 24 May 2026
Steam activity 18/05/2026 to 24/05/2026: 30 games featured this week. On the pre-launch side, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch pulled in 4,135 fresh followers, more than any other upcoming title. Forza Horizon 6 headlined the week's launches with a 299,404 CCU peak. Anything But A Gun topped the momentum-jump chart with +16 points on the composite score.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 24/05/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +4,135 | 92,511 | 9,096 | |
| 2 | +2,331 | 101,318 | 12,380 | |
| 3 | +2,228 | 65,474 | 6,569 | |
| 4 |  235 days to release | +1,430 | 259,185 | 24,840 |
| 5 |  93 days to release | +1,132 | 93,660 | 24,745 |
| 6 | +739 | 15,276 | 5,787 | |
| 7 |  58 days to release | +685 | 13,756 | 11,455 |
| 8 | +672 | 40,945 | 2,828 | |
| 9 | +485 | 146,874 | 17,419 | |
| 10 | +433 | 16,910 | 1,502 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 18 May 2026 - 24 May 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 18/05/2026 | 299,404 | 96,089 | 82.5% | $0.60 |
| 2 | 
Released 20/05/2026 | 41,573 | 15,198 | 60.1% | $0.25 |
| 3 | 
Released 22/05/2026 | 33,449 | 13,462 | 95.6% | $0.60 |
| 4 | 
Released 18/05/2026 | 6,187 | 1,083 | 81.2% | $0.09 |
| 5 | 
Released 21/05/2026 | 3,170 | 3,056 | 83.8% | $0.35 |
| 6 | 
Released 19/05/2026 | 3,055 | 1,312 | 80.1% | $0.12 |
| 7 | 
Released 21/05/2026 | 1,671 | 928 | 85.9% | $0.12 |
| 8 | 
Released 20/05/2026 | 1,136 | 1,251 | 66.3% | $0.05 |
| 9 | 
Released 19/05/2026 | 1,070 | 5,406 | 94.2% | Free / TBD |
| 10 | 
Released 18/05/2026 | 959 | 1,287 | 97.6% | $0.13 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 18/05/2026 and 24/05/2026. 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 |  Released 18/05/2026 | +16.01 | 8.79 → 24.8 | 1,083 | 26 |
| 2 | +11.72 | 8.4 → 20.12 | 494 | 0 | |
| 3 |  50 days to release | +9.35 | 6.8 → 16.15 | 228 | 4 |
| 4 |  Released 22/05/2026 | +9.24 | 21.8 → 31.04 | 3,363 | 28 |
| 5 | +8.33 | 11.09 → 19.42 | 475 | 0 | |
| 6 | +8.28 | 6.61 → 14.89 | 323 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Released 19/05/2026 | +8.14 | 10.78 → 18.92 | 456 | 1 |
| 8 | +8.12 | 26.02 → 34.14 | 6,061 | 0 | |
| 9 | +7.73 | 10.9 → 18.63 | 5,168 | 0 | |
| 10 | +7.61 | 7.79 → 15.4 | 950 | 0 |
