Steam Scream V is on until Nov 2. Spooky games crowd the store this week, so the quieter weeks after it are worth a look.

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New Steam releases, week of Aug 24 – 30, 2026

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

732 games launched on Steam the week of Aug 24 – 30, 2026, with Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition, STAR WARS Zero Company™ and Big Ambitions drawing the most reviews so far. Casual, Action and Strategy games made up the biggest share.

Launched that week732

Busiest dayFriday

Top genreCasual

Day by day

Monday, Aug 24 97
Tuesday, Aug 25 106
Wednesday, Aug 26 106
Thursday, Aug 27 155
Friday, Aug 28 174
Saturday, Aug 29 43
Sunday, Aug 30 51

The most reviewed games that launched that week

#	Game	Launch	Reviews
1	Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition Asobo Studio	Tue, Aug 25	70,431
2	STAR WARS Zero Company™ Bit Reactor	Thu, Aug 27	22,788
3	Big Ambitions Hovgaard Games	Fri, Aug 28	14,442
4	Click the Button LoopCap	Wed, Aug 26	4,868
5	Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Asobo Studio	Thu, Aug 27	4,323
6	Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Cold Iron Studios	Tue, Aug 25	3,757
7	METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version KONAMI	Thu, Aug 27	2,767
8	Garden of Witches Team Tapas	Fri, Aug 28	2,147
9	Sludgineers Snickerdoodle Games	Tue, Aug 25	2,001
10	Fell & Sell Art Games Studio S.A.	Wed, Aug 26	1,838
11	Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder Crux Games	Mon, Aug 24	1,799
12	Eslabong shirowita	Mon, Aug 24	1,587
13	TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer AZAMATIKA	Thu, Aug 27	1,559
14	Shadow Dungeon OO Cat	Wed, Aug 26	1,479
15	Money for Girls: Amortized Porpentine	Mon, Aug 24	1,191

Most common genres that week: Casual (221), Action (123), Strategy (111), Adventure (101), Simulation (92), Puzzle (60).

The four weeks after

Week of Aug 31 704
Week of Sep 7 608
Week of Sep 14 610
Week of Sep 21 742

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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.