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 31 – Sep 6, 2026

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

704 games launched on Steam the week of Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026, with The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Tyr drawing the most reviews so far. Casual, Action and Strategy games made up the biggest share.

Launched that week704

Busiest dayTuesday

Top genreCasual

Day by day

Monday, Aug 31 135
Tuesday, Sep 1 156
Wednesday, Sep 2 105
Thursday, Sep 3 121
Friday, Sep 4 126
Saturday, Sep 5 39
Sunday, Sep 6 22

The most reviewed games that launched that week

#	Game	Launch	Reviews
1	The Blood of Dawnwalker Rebel Wolves	Wed, Sep 2	20,807
2	Onimusha: Way of the Sword CAPCOM Co., Ltd.	Thu, Sep 3	16,609
3	Tyr Stoke Games	Wed, Sep 2	3,985
4	BOMBANANA! Lefto Studio	Wed, Sep 2	3,893
5	Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault Digital Sun	Wed, Sep 2	3,458
6	Crimson Moon ProbablyMonsters	Tue, Sep 1	2,879
7	NBA 2K27 Visual Concepts	Thu, Sep 3	2,767
8	The Death Game Report shu3	Tue, Sep 1	2,127
9	Breathedge 2 RedRuins Softworks	Mon, Aug 31	1,748
10	Scarlet Skips Yerk Games	Thu, Sep 3	1,525
11	Dungeon Settlers CanOpener	Fri, Sep 4	1,433
12	Worming from Home Zach Northrop	Fri, Sep 4	1,056
13	Scavland NoShadow	Fri, Sep 4	1,038
14	Zad Archery Samharia Studios	Tue, Sep 1	924
15	WheelMates Firevolt	Tue, Sep 1	737

Most common genres that week: Casual (203), Action (121), Strategy (116), Adventure (110), Simulation (110), RPG (59).

The four weeks after

Week of Sep 7 608
Week of Sep 14 610
Week of Sep 21 742
Week of Sep 28 658

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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.