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 12 – 18, 2026

Published Oct 22, 2026 · LaunchRivals

773 games launched on Steam the week of Oct 12 – 18, 2026, with Enshrouded, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and Feed the Cups drawing the most reviews so far. Casual, Strategy and Action games made up the biggest share.

Launched that week773
Busiest dayThursday
Top genreCasual

Day by day

  • Monday, Oct 12 103
  • Tuesday, Oct 13 122
  • Wednesday, Oct 14 127
  • Thursday, Oct 15 176
  • Friday, Oct 16 170
  • Saturday, Oct 17 47
  • Sunday, Oct 18 28

The most reviewed games that launched that week

# Game Launch Reviews
1
Enshrouded Keen Games GmbH
Thu, Oct 15 96,948
2 Wed, Oct 14 6,041
3
Feed the Cups Vambear Games
Thu, Oct 15 4,790
4
Planet Zoo 2 Frontier Developments
Tue, Oct 13 4,634
5
over the hill Funselektor Labs Inc.
Wed, Oct 14 3,122
6 Thu, Oct 15 2,921
7
Ratatan TVT Co. Ltd.
Wed, Oct 14 2,589
8
Arknights: Endfield Hypergryph
Wed, Oct 14 2,279
9
Valor Mortis One More Level
Tue, Oct 13 1,897
10
Frosthaven Snapshot Games Inc.
Thu, Oct 15 936
11
NightClub Simulator mandegames
Sun, Oct 18 888
12
Voodoo Fishin' Lost Arcade
Tue, Oct 13 865
13
Tenebris Somnia Andrés Borghi
Fri, Oct 16 811
14
Chained Beasts Featherweight Games
Thu, Oct 15 687
15 Wed, Oct 14 677

Most common genres that week: Casual (219), Strategy (138), Action (136), Simulation (119), Adventure (83), Puzzle (66).

The four weeks after

  • Week of Oct 19 492
  • Week of Oct 26 1120
  • Week of Nov 2 807
  • Week of Nov 9 687

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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.