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.
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Co-op & party groups the Steam tags Co-op, Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op, Party Game (any of them in the game's top 10 tags).
| # | Game | Release | Steam followers | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Expedition: Into Darkness | Q4 2026 | 33,974 | — |
| 2 |  Invokyr | Oct 8, 2026 | 8,628 | — |
| 3 |  Stormforge | Nov 10, 2026 | 7,691 | +135 |
| 4 |  Trash Day | Oct 13, 2026 | 7,686 | +274 |
| 5 |  Gunmetal Gothic | June 2027 | 7,402 | +75 |
| 6 |  Red Rust Pioneers | 2026 | 6,747 | +185 |
| 7 |  Ship Graveyard Simulator 3 | To be announced | 5,882 | — |
| 8 |  Cleaner Company | 2026 | 5,046 | +47 |
| 9 |  S.O.N.A.R. - Submarine Operators Not Actually Ready | Oct 29, 2026 | 4,961 | +473 |
| 10 |  Loot List: Thief Sim | Coming soon | 4,432 | — |
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.
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