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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Management & builders groups the Steam tags Management, City Builder, Colony Sim, Base Building, Resource Management, Economy, Automation, Tycoon, Building, Shop Keeper, Capitalism (any of them in the game's top 10 tags).
| # | Game | Release | Steam followers | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dust Front RTS | To be announced | 54,389 | +212 |
| 2 |  Stronghold 4 | 2026 | 38,688 | — |
| 3 |  Hawthorn | To be announced | 36,671 | +14 |
| 4 |  Sanctuary: Shattered Sun | August 2027 | 27,315 | — |
| 5 |  Gold Mining Simulator 2 | To be announced | 23,051 | — |
| 6 |  As One We Survive | Q1 2027 | 22,778 | — |
| 7 |  Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim | Oct 28, 2026 | 14,251 | +1,592 |
| 8 |  It Works: Electronics Repair Simulator | 2026 | 12,997 | — |
| 9 |  Sandcastle | To be announced | 12,578 | — |
| 10 |  Fantasy World Manager | 2026 | 7,797 | — |
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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