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 28 – Oct 4, 2026

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

658 games launched on Steam the week of Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026, with ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE, Minecraft Dungeons II and Transport Fever 3 drawing the most reviews so far. Casual, Simulation and Action games made up the biggest share.

Launched that week658

Busiest dayWednesday

Top genreCasual

Day by day

Monday, Sep 28 98
Tuesday, Sep 29 119
Wednesday, Sep 30 148
Thursday, Oct 1 128
Friday, Oct 2 90
Saturday, Oct 3 34
Sunday, Oct 4 41

The most reviewed games that launched that week

#	Game	Launch	Reviews
1	ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE Bandai Namco Aces Inc.	Thu, Oct 1	17,213
2	Minecraft Dungeons II Mojang Studios	Tue, Sep 29	9,872
3	Transport Fever 3 Urban Games	Tue, Sep 29	6,673
4	Nivalis Nights ION LANDS	Tue, Sep 29	4,151
5	Neighbors: Suburban Warfare Invisible Walls	Tue, Sep 29	3,263
6	Deskrawl: Idle ARPG First Day Games	Mon, Sep 28	3,048
7	Way of the Hunter 2 Nine Rocks Games	Tue, Sep 29	1,950
8	DYNASTY WARRIORS 3: Complete Edition Remastered KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.	Wed, Sep 30	1,856
9	Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional Shaun Hammond Business Solutions Limited	Mon, Sep 28	1,373
10	Princess Maker: Children of Revelation GEAR2	Wed, Sep 30	1,248
11	ForgeTax GraveYardDev	Tue, Sep 29	1,179
12	Dicevaders Pengonauts	Tue, Sep 29	869
13	Sengoku Rance Alicesoft	Thu, Oct 1	826
14	TOEM 2 Something We Made	Tue, Sep 29	727
15	Game Keeper: Somebody Messed Up My Shop! VeinStudios	Fri, Oct 2	529

Most common genres that week: Casual (181), Simulation (113), Action (112), Strategy (107), Adventure (86), RPG (53).

The four weeks after

Week of Oct 5 654
Week of Oct 12 773
Week of Oct 19 492
Week of Oct 26 1120

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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.