Weekly Steam Report - 3 Aug 2026 - 9 Aug 2026
For the seven days ending 09/08/2026, 30 games cleared the filters. Dear Passengers topped the wishlist-movers chart at +9,263 followers. Among new releases, Big Walk pulled the highest first-week peak at 46,245 concurrent. For breakouts, Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim moved fastest with a +29 momentum gain.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 09/08/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +9,263 | 2,273,500 | 96,781 | |
| 2 | +4,477 | 49,661 | 7,106 | |
| 3 |  58 days to release | +4,406 | 633,188 | 45,875 |
| 4 | +3,740 | 755,448 | 144,639 | |
| 5 | +3,696 | 79,064 | 21,506 | |
| 6 |  1 days to release | +3,326 | 341,093 | 55,838 |
| 7 | +3,156 | 164,122 | 17,040 | |
| 8 | +2,950 | 85,823 | 14,039 | |
| 9 | +2,672 | 476,197 | 59,702 | |
| 10 |  5 days to release | +2,666 | 93,765 | 5,717 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 3 Aug 2026 - 9 Aug 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 04/08/2026 | 46,245 | 29,527 | 95.3% | $0.16 |
| 2 | 
Released 05/08/2026 | 38,918 | 33,755 | 97.1% | $0.12 |
| 3 | 
Released 06/08/2026 | 24,359 | 6,640 | 48.2% | $0.60 |
| 4 | 
Released 06/08/2026 | 19,511 | 9,186 | 95.5% | $0.15 |
| 5 | 
Released 06/08/2026 | 17,561 | 12,927 | 97.9% | $0.18 |
| 6 | 
Released 04/08/2026 | 14,847 | 5,869 | 58.4% | $0.55 |
| 7 | 
Released 07/08/2026 | 7,085 | 1,945 | 89.3% | $28.00 |
| 8 | 
Released 05/08/2026 | 6,097 | 3,695 | 94.5% | $0.17 |
| 9 | 
Released 07/08/2026 | 4,585 | 1,034 | 89.7% | $0.12 |
| 10 | 
Released 06/08/2026 | 4,434 | 2,914 | 92.8% | $0.15 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 03/08/2026 and 09/08/2026. 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 | +29.04 | 16.37 → 45.41 | 41,700 | 0 | |
| 2 | +27.47 | 10.58 → 38.05 | 15,958 | 0 | |
| 3 | +26.24 | 14.74 → 40.98 | 34,322 | 0 | |
| 4 | +23.98 | 19.92 → 43.9 | 57,477 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Released 03/08/2026 | +23.08 | 14.38 → 37.46 | 11,248 | 399 |
| 6 |  Released 16/07/2026 | +22.23 | 24.34 → 46.57 | 186,284 | 3,846 |
| 7 |  Released 20/07/2026 | +21.43 | 28.5 → 49.93 | 36,708 | 105 |
| 8 | +21.02 | 13.23 → 34.25 | 32,343 | 0 | |
| 9 | +20.85 | 28.39 → 49.24 | 33,144 | 0 | |
| 10 |  Released 06/08/2026 | +20.23 | 12.47 → 32.7 | 12,578 | 48 |
