Weekly Steam Report - 20 Jul 2026 - 26 Jul 2026
Steam activity 20/07/2026 to 26/07/2026: 30 games featured this week. On the pre-launch side, Dear Passengers pulled in 12,628 fresh followers, more than any other upcoming title. Scrap Mechanic headlined the week's launches with a 37,801 CCU peak. The Thing That Happened topped the momentum-jump chart with +35 points on the composite score.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 26/07/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +12,628 | 1,908,571 | 96,781 | |
| 2 |  2 days to release | +5,951 | 721,779 | 58,471 |
| 3 | +5,417 | 251,263 | 15,178 | |
| 4 |  11 days to release | +4,073 | 345,460 | 32,639 |
| 5 |  8 days to release | +3,996 | 682,570 | 54,767 |
| 6 |  3 days to release | +3,719 | 927,377 | 89,558 |
| 7 | +3,315 | 430,538 | 59,702 | |
| 8 | +3,094 | 57,673 | 7,345 | |
| 9 | +3,074 | 711,419 | 144,639 | |
| 10 |  5 days to release | +2,719 | 444,429 | 53,668 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 20 Jul 2026 - 26 Jul 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 24/07/2026 | 37,801 | 122,308 | 91.8% | $0.27 |
| 2 | 
Released 22/07/2026 | 37,447 | 10,661 | 87.9% | $31.90 |
| 3 | 
Released 22/07/2026 | 26,028 | 3,137 | 78% | $0.15 |
| 4 | 
Released 22/07/2026 | 22,853 | 11,691 | 89.8% | $0.26 |
| 5 | 
Released 22/07/2026 | 16,671 | 3,265 | 64.2% | Free / TBD |
| 6 | 
Released 23/07/2026 | 12,183 | 3,234 | 84.5% | $0.25 |
| 7 | 
Released 24/07/2026 | 7,768 | 1,344 | 92% | $0.14 |
| 8 | 
Released 22/07/2026 | 6,240 | 2,432 | 85.9% | $0.20 |
| 9 | 
Released 26/07/2026 | 4,863 | 945 | 31% | Free / TBD |
| 10 | 
Released 22/07/2026 | 4,753 | 902 | 76.9% | $0.14 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 20/07/2026 and 26/07/2026. 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 20/07/2026 | +35.42 | 11.86 → 47.28 | 16,093 | 105 |
| 2 |  Released 10/07/2026 | +32.97 | 8.89 → 41.86 | 4,978 | 31 |
| 3 |  Released 16/07/2026 | +24.96 | 30.75 → 55.71 | 106,232 | 1,796 |
| 4 | +23.94 | 7.03 → 30.97 | 3,496 | 0 | |
| 5 | +23.85 | 16.01 → 39.86 | 28,358 | 0 | |
| 6 | +23.84 | 9.32 → 33.16 | 10,603 | 0 | |
| 7 | +23.68 | 13.18 → 36.86 | 9,595 | 0 | |
| 8 |  Released 14/07/2026 | +23.64 | 19.52 → 43.16 | 27,189 | 31 |
| 9 |  Released 16/07/2026 | +23 | 28.4 → 51.4 | 41,021 | 374 |
| 10 | +22.94 | 8.22 → 31.16 | 3,952 | 0 |
