Steam releases in October 2026, by the numbers

Published Nov 1, 2026 · LaunchRivals

4,081 games came out on Steam in October 2026, 454 of them free to play, with a typical price of $5. Enshrouded drew the most reviews of the month's new releases.

The month belonged to Casual, Action and Strategy games.

Games released4,081

Paid3,519

Free to play454

Median price$5

Releases per week

Week of Sep 28 293
Week of Oct 5 653
Week of Oct 12 773
Week of Oct 19 707
Week of Oct 26 1655

New releases with the most reviews

#	Game	Released	Reviews	Positive
1	Enshrouded Keen Games GmbH	Oct 15, 2026	98,603	85%
2	AION 2 NC	Oct 5, 2026	42,613	55%
3	Phantom Blade Zero S-GAME Studio	Oct 28, 2026	28,073	85%
4	ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE Bandai Namco Aces Inc.	Oct 1, 2026	18,469	84%
5	Gears of War: E-Day The Coalition	Oct 6, 2026	10,774	72%
6	Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 Infinity Ward	Oct 22, 2026	10,399	74%
7	Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Saber Interactive	Oct 8, 2026	8,191	93%
8	Castlevania: Belmont's Curse KONAMI	Oct 14, 2026	8,083	76%
9	STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Fuse Games	Oct 6, 2026	6,967	86%
10	Planet Zoo 2 Frontier Developments	Oct 13, 2026	5,712	62%
11	Feed the Cups Vambear Games	Oct 15, 2026	4,829	72%
12	Silver Pines Wych Elm	Oct 8, 2026	4,698	95%
13	Mycopunk Pigeons at Play	Oct 20, 2026	4,658	88%
14	over the hill Funselektor Labs Inc.	Oct 14, 2026	4,474	92%
15	Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Questing Goose Studio	Oct 28, 2026	4,444	97%

Most common genres: Casual (1,128), Action (683), Strategy (652), Simulation (603), Adventure (470), Puzzle (340), RPG (293), Horror (250), Arcade (202), Incremental (197).

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Numbers come from public Steam store data collected by LaunchRivals and were last updated Nov 1, 2026. Adult-only games are left out. LaunchRivals is not affiliated with Valve or Steam.