Weekly Steam Report - 12 Oct 2026 - 18 Oct 2026
Between 12/10/2026 and 18/10/2026, 30 games showed up on the discovery radar. Deadlock led the pre-launch chase with +15,522 followers. Planet Zoo 2 was the standout debut at 44,174 concurrent players. On the breakouts board, Voodoo Fishin' climbed +35 points, the biggest small-studio move of the week.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 18/10/2026. 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 | +15,522 | +0 | 5,250,000 | 494,597 | |
| 2 | +13,160 | +250,203 | 250,203 | 29,858 | |
| 3 | +6,573 | +44,697 | 44,697 | 9,973 | |
| 4 |  10 days to release | +5,411 | +0 | 2,067,858 | 122,872 |
| 5 | +3,623 | +58,742 | 345,460 | 17,516 | |
| 6 |  109 days to release | +3,085 | +46,905 | 1,330,984 | 84,853 |
| 7 | +2,878 | +77,627 | 519,182 | 36,053 | |
| 8 | +2,828 | +79,995 | 691,836 | 50,129 | |
| 9 | +2,796 | +63,590 | 180,117 | 13,799 | |
| 10 | +2,642 | +22,509 | 88,914 | 7,128 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 12 Oct 2026 - 18 Oct 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 13/10/2026 | 44,174 | 4,237 | 63.9% | $0.50 |
| 2 | 
Released 15/10/2026 | 28,209 | 2,053 | 76.7% | $2.30 |
| 3 | 
Released 14/10/2026 | 21,646 | 5,286 | 71.2% | $0.30 |
| 4 | 
Released 14/10/2026 | 13,364 | 2,397 | 92.4% | $0.22 |
| 5 | 
Released 14/10/2026 | 7,540 | 1,841 | 87.4% | Free / TBD |
| 6 | 
Released 13/10/2026 | 6,533 | 4,111 | 15.9% | $0.35 |
| 7 | 
Released 13/10/2026 | 5,162 | 1,520 | 77.2% | $0.35 |
| 8 | 
Released 15/10/2026 | 4,227 | 438 | 82.9% | $0.20 |
| 9 | 
Released 15/10/2026 | 4,084 | 167 | 88.6% | $0.07 |
| 10 | 
Released 13/10/2026 | 3,519 | 449 | 61.9% | $0.16 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 12/10/2026 and 18/10/2026. 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 13/10/2026 | +35.07 | 29.96 → 65.03 | 68,343 | 945 |
| 2 |  Released 16/10/2026 | +30.47 | 17.41 → 47.88 | 146,076 | 578 |
| 3 |  Released 11/10/2026 | +29.55 | 29.98 → 59.53 | 23,655 | 510 |
| 4 |  12 days to release | +29.09 | 8.83 → 37.92 | 9,272 | 0 |
| 5 | +26.17 | 42.23 → 68.4 | 151,088 | 0 | |
| 6 | +25.97 | 15.06 → 41.03 | 33,326 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Released 10/09/2026 | +25.66 | 26.37 → 52.03 | 114,394 | 2,948 |
| 8 |  Released 16/10/2026 | +21.96 | 43.94 → 65.9 | 229,950 | 345 |
| 9 | +21.76 | 12.65 → 34.41 | 8,441 | 0 | |
| 10 | +21.64 | 17.23 → 38.87 | 14,877 | 0 |
