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 Sep 21 – 27, 2026

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

742 games launched on Steam the week of Sep 21 – 27, 2026, with Dressmaker, CONTROL Resonant and Graveyard Keeper 2 drawing the most reviews so far. Casual, Strategy and Action games made up the biggest share.

Launched that week742

Busiest dayThursday

Top genreCasual

Day by day

Monday, Sep 21 101
Tuesday, Sep 22 113
Wednesday, Sep 23 138
Thursday, Sep 24 165
Friday, Sep 25 145
Saturday, Sep 26 29
Sunday, Sep 27 51

The most reviewed games that launched that week

#	Game	Launch	Reviews
1	Dressmaker Cozy Lives	Mon, Sep 21	16,108
2	CONTROL Resonant Remedy Entertainment	Thu, Sep 24	13,357
3	Graveyard Keeper 2 Lazy Bear Games	Tue, Sep 22	9,683
4	EA SPORTS FC™ 27 EA CANADA	Thu, Sep 24	9,470
5	Stick It to the Stickman Free Lives	Wed, Sep 23	8,747
6	Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms Free Wing	Wed, Sep 23	7,437
7	Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD Ironhide Game Studio	Thu, Sep 24	4,723
8	Happy Wheels Jim Bonacci	Mon, Sep 21	4,367
9	SILENT HILL: Townfall Screen Burn	Wed, Sep 23	3,808
10	Well Dweller Kyle Thompson	Tue, Sep 22	3,806
11	DRAPLINE KANAWO	Wed, Sep 23	2,620
12	Seafarer: The Ship Sim astragon Development	Thu, Sep 24	2,043
13	Normal Golf Game Luke Muscat	Mon, Sep 21	1,473
14	DinoBones: Tidy Up the Museum Indie Souls Studio	Fri, Sep 25	1,420
15	IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer Pepper Tango Games	Mon, Sep 21	1,216

Most common genres that week: Casual (183), Strategy (115), Action (112), Simulation (108), Adventure (84), RPG (60).

The four weeks after

Week of Sep 28 658
Week of Oct 5 654
Week of Oct 12 773
Week of Oct 19 492

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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.