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 Oct 5 – 11, 2026

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

654 games launched on Steam the week of Oct 5 – 11, 2026, with AION 2, Gears of War: E-Day and Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival drawing the most reviews so far. Casual, Action and Simulation games made up the biggest share.

Launched that week654

Busiest dayFriday

Top genreCasual

Day by day

Monday, Oct 5 77
Tuesday, Oct 6 71
Wednesday, Oct 7 108
Thursday, Oct 8 151
Friday, Oct 9 156
Saturday, Oct 10 44
Sunday, Oct 11 47

The most reviewed games that launched that week

#	Game	Launch	Reviews
1	AION 2 NC	Mon, Oct 5	37,698
2	Gears of War: E-Day The Coalition	Tue, Oct 6	9,833
3	Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Saber Interactive	Thu, Oct 8	7,023
4	STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Fuse Games	Tue, Oct 6	6,115
5	CPM 2 OGames	Thu, Oct 8	3,508
6	Silver Pines Wych Elm	Thu, Oct 8	3,442
7	Hood Warfare 2 Trapstar Games	Thu, Oct 8	3,429
8	TUNG Niche Games	Tue, Oct 6	3,233
9	Order of the Sinking Star Thekla, Inc.	Thu, Oct 8	2,789
10	Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) Vitamin Games	Thu, Oct 8	2,516
11	SPAM Ticroco Entreprise	Wed, Oct 7	2,390
12	Neon Abyss 2 Veewo Games	Wed, Oct 7	2,249
13	[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot New Normal Soft Inc.	Wed, Oct 7	1,859
14	Permafrost SpaceRocket Games	Fri, Oct 9	1,707
15	Car Park Capital Hilkojj Interactive	Fri, Oct 9	1,480

Most common genres that week: Casual (203), Action (108), Simulation (97), Strategy (93), Adventure (84), RPG (63).

The four weeks after

Week of Oct 12 773
Week of Oct 19 492
Week of Oct 26 1120
Week of Nov 2 807

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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.