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The most crowded launch weeks in Q1 2027

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

499 games have a firm Steam release date in Q1 2027 so far, and 2,286 more name only the month or the quarter. The week of March 1 is the most crowded, while the week of February 8 is the quietest.

Strategy, Action and Adventure games make up the biggest share. Dates keep landing every day, so the quiet weeks fill up as the quarter gets closer.

Games with a firm date499

Dated to the month only596

Dated to the quarter only1,690

Week by week

The bigger the games launching, the hotter the week. The busiest week of the quarter scores 100.

Week of	Releases	Heat	Biggest releases	Main tags
Dec 28	21	25	Built By Force Crash and Conquer Mystery of Prophecy	Adventure, RPG, Action
Jan 4	30	36	Illegourmet Astrostrike 模联人	Action, Adventure, Casual
Jan 11	56	67	ARCHETYPE BLUE Paresis® II Midnight Souvenirs	Strategy, Action, Roguelite
Jan 18	56	67	Bonville Bandit Forbidden brew Battle-Lines	Strategy, Puzzle, Adventure
Jan 25	35	42	Bravers Ballistic Brews The Fish Corner	Strategy, Action, Adventure
Feb 1	46	55	Game Quest: The Backlog Battler Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945 Deck & Defense	Action, Casual, Adventure
Feb 8	11	13	Hacker The Dark Shadow Lexiclue Encryptid	Action, Adventure, Female Protagonist
Feb 15	16	19	Grimmloch System Status: SuperCritical I WILL BE THERE: Remastered Edition	Adventure, RPG, Action
Feb 22	22	26	Conehead : Earth Zero Fable Necromania	Strategy, Adventure, Casual
Mar 1	84	100	Witchhammer Game Of The Chosen NecroMerc	Strategy, Casual, Simulation
Mar 8	47	56	Deadhold Angler 2003 Backrooms: Savior	Strategy, Casual, Simulation
Mar 15	30	36	Altiros Just a simulation Fireteam Breach	Action, Strategy, Adventure
Mar 22	18	21	MMA Career Simulator Rex Summons a Meteor Warden's Descent	Simulation, Strategy, Action
Mar 29	27	32	Shield-Bearer Ben Ring Craft WARONOMY	Strategy, Simulation, Action

Busiest weeks

Week of Mar 1, 2027
Week of Jan 11, 2027
Week of Jan 18, 2027

Quietest weeks

Week of Feb 8, 2027
Week of Feb 15, 2027
Week of Mar 22, 2027

Most common genres this quarter: Strategy (84), Action (82), Adventure (69), Simulation (67), Casual (58), RPG (50), Roguelite (33), Action Roguelike (27).

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Numbers come from public Steam store data collected by LaunchRivals and were last updated Oct 22, 2026. Adult-only games are left out. LaunchRivals is not affiliated with Valve or Steam.