Top upcoming Steam games, by genre
The most followed games that aren't out yet and already have a demo, from the 6,000+ we read every day. Public numbers only: Steam followers and Bluesky followers. Pick your genre and see who's ahead, then open their page and see what they do.
X, YouTube, TikTok and the other channels, plus the wishlists behind these numbers, are in the app: join the private beta and connect your game.
Action groups the Steam tags Action, Hack and Slash, Beat 'em up, Souls-like, Fighting, 2D Fighter, Character Action Game (any of them in the game's top 10 tags).
| # | Game | Release | Bluesky followers | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Virtue and a Sledgehammer | Oct 27, 2026 | 5,829 | +8 |
| 2 |  Lethal Wedding | To be announced | 2,361 | — |
| 3 |  Mega Golf | December 2026 | 2,037 | — |
| 4 |  Mym's Sword | 2026 | 2,032 | — |
| 5 |  Laser Guy | March 2027 | 2,015 | — |
| 6 |  Scratch The Cat | 2027 | 1,580 | -1 |
| 7 |  Fully Automated | Coming soon | 1,502 | — |
| 8 |  Denari | Mar 24, 2027 | 1,350 | — |
| 9 |  Bumper Bout | Oct 29, 2026 | 1,029 | — |
| 10 |  The Universe of Death | August 2027 | 1,010 | — |
Computed Oct 8, 2026. Games not released yet, with a demo on Steam, excluding major publishers. A genre groups several Steam tags (a game can be in more than one). Steam followers = members of the game's community hub (public). Bluesky followers = the account linked from the Steam page. 7 days = followers gained since the reading a week earlier, shown once we have a week of history. Steam images belong to their owners; links go to the Steam store. Not affiliated with Valve.
Your game, against the ones that take off in your niche
NextWishlist follows these games every day and tells you what the ones taking off did the weeks before: posts, creators, demo, page changes. Then it turns it into your tasks.