--- title: Over 700 games launched on Steam in one week for the... description: Over 700 games launched on Steam in a single week for the first time, per ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux, though 74% of those (520 titles) got fewer than 10... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Over 700 games launched on Steam in one week for the first time, though 74% had fewer than 10 reviews | daily.dev og:description: Over 700 games launched on Steam in a single week for the first time, per ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux, though 74% of those (520 titles) got fewer than 10... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tpB4Hw4GR.png og:image:alt: Over 700 games launched on Steam in one week for the first time, though 74% had fewer than 10 reviews og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Over 700 games launched on Steam in one week for the first time, though 74% had fewer than 10 reviews **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Over 700 games launched on Steam in a single week for the first time, per ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux, though 74% of those (520 titles) got fewer than 10 reviews. Only 190 titles topped 10 reviews, 95 exceeded 50, 62 passed 100, and 10 broke 1,000. Separately, Steam saw roughly 12,000 releases in the first half of 2026, a 19% year-on-year increase, with revenue reaching $11.1 billion for the period. In 2025, Steam hosted 20,000 releases, but only about 3% (600 games) reached 100+ peak concurrent users, underscoring the platform's growing discoverability problem amid concerns over Steam's market dominance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many games launched on Steam in a single week for the first time and how many got reviews? 720 games launched on Steam in one week, the first time the platform crossed 700 releases in a single week, according to ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux. Of those, 520 titles received zero to nine reviews, 190 got more than ten, 95 topped 50 reviews, 62 exceeded 100, and only 10 passed 1,000 reviews. _Indie developers weighing Steam launch timing follow platform saturation trends like this on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of games released on Steam actually get noticed by players? Only about 3% of games do, according to Amir Satvat's Gamescom Dev keynote data. Of the 20,000 games released on Steam in 2025, roughly 600 reached 100 or more peak concurrent users, highlighting how few titles achieve meaningful visibility despite the platform's growing release volume. _Developers assessing Steam discoverability odds before launch track figures like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Steam: $16B\+ in 2025, Nearly Half of 19,000 Games Got Under 10 Reviews](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-16b-in-2025-nearly-half-of-19-000-games-got-under-10-reviews-hyubfjjvf) · 80 LEVEL · 37 upvotes · 12 comments - [Steam's Getting More Games But Earning Less, Analysts Report](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-s-getting-more-games-but-earning-less-analysts-report-p0p4tlcrn) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#steam](https://daily.dev/tags/steam), [#market-analysis](https://daily.dev/tags/market-analysis) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Over 700 games launched on Steam in one week for the first time, though 74% had fewer than 10 reviews","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T09:59:56.698Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T10:00:21.160Z","description":"Over 700 games launched on Steam in a single week for the first time, per ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux, though 74% of those (520 titles) got fewer than 10...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/05f16e80a5d40e31e345fb5ab0349137?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/05f16e80a5d40e31e345fb5ab0349137?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GamesIndustry.biz","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GamesIndustry.biz","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/be1a78592d5340248e5204f8007b82be","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"game-development,steam,market-analysis","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GamesIndustry.biz","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Over 700 games launched on Steam in one week for the first time, though 74% had fewer than 10 reviews"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/over-700-games-launched-on-steam-in-one-week-for-the-first-time-though-74-had-fewer-than-10-review-tpb4hw4gr#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many games launched on Steam in a single week for the first time and how many got reviews?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"720 games launched on Steam in one week, the first time the platform crossed 700 releases in a single week, according to ICO Partners CEO Thomas Bidaux. 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