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Most Wishlisted Upcoming Steam Games

Pre-launch demand for 50,000+ unreleased games, ranked by follower count with release dates, tags, and genres · Updated Sep 19, 2026

Live128.7KUpcoming56.4KGenres21Tags459Publishers73.9KDevelopers82KStats

Median followers

23

across every unreleased game

Launching in 30 days

1K

your launch-window competition

Titles with 10K+ followers

402

strong pre-launch signal

Most followed

709.9K

most-followed upcoming game

All 56,387 titles
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4

by Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

Followers

709.9K

Tags

Action, Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1mo

Last News

12d

Deadlock
Deadlock

by Valve

Followers

429.3K

Tags

MOBA, Third-Person Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

2d

OKU
OKU

by Irox Games

Followers

370.4K

Tags

Word Game, Hand-drawn

Genre

Adventure

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

2mo

Light No Fire
Light No Fire

by Hello Games

Followers

246.3K

Tags

Open World, Survival

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1y

KARLSON
KARLSON

by Dani

Followers

162.8K

Tags

Parkour, First-Person

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win · Mac · Linux

Release

TBA

Last News

—

Blight: Survival
Blight: Survival

by Haenir Studio

Followers

158.3K

Tags

Medieval, Online Co-Op

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

2mo

ARK 2
ARK 2

by Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games

Followers

146.3K

Tags

Survival, Open World

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

9mo

Unrecord
Unrecord

by DRAMA

Followers

138.6K

Tags

Realistic, FPS

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

9mo

Fable
Fable

by Playground Games

Followers

138.2K

Tags

RPG, Action

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 5mo

Last News

8d

Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000
Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000

by Creative Assembly

Followers

134.3K

Tags

Strategy, Grand Strategy

Genre

Strategy

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1d

PUBG: Black Budget
PUBG: Black Budget

by PUBG Corporation

Followers

124.5K

Tags

Action, Extraction Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

2mo

Paradise
Paradise

by Ultra Games, Ultra Technologies

Followers

122.3K

Tags

Open World, Free to Play

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1y 5mo

Chrono Odyssey
Chrono Odyssey

by Chrono Studio

Followers

116.8K

Tags

MMORPG, Action

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

4mo

Witchbrook
Witchbrook

by Chucklefish, Robotality

Followers

115.5K

Tags

Multiplayer, Online Co-Op

Genre

Indie

Platforms

Win

Release

in 3mo

Last News

9d

Rooted
Rooted

by Headlight Studio

Followers

110.6K

Tags

Crafting, Open World

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 3mo

Last News

3mo

Phantom Blade Zero
Phantom Blade Zero

by S-GAME Studio

Followers

106K

Tags

Action, Action RPG

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1mo

Last News

27d

Kingmakers
Kingmakers

by Redemption Road

Followers

105.2K

Tags

Third-Person Shooter, Medieval

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

5d

Falling Frontier
Falling Frontier

by Stutter Fox Studios

Followers

100.3K

Tags

Space, Strategy

Genre

Simulation

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

6mo

NAKWON: LAST PARADISE
NAKWON: LAST PARADISE

by NEXON

Followers

95.8K

Tags

Zombies, Extraction Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

23d

Vindictus: Defying Fate
Vindictus: Defying Fate

by NEXON

Followers

93.1K

Tags

Action, RPG

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 3mo

Last News

3mo

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV

by KING Art

Followers

89.9K

Tags

Strategy, RTS

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 2mo

Last News

3d

Dear Passengers
Dear Passengers

by FLEXUS

Followers

88.8K

Tags

Online Co-Op, Co-op

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 3mo

Last News

1mo

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

by Owlcat Games

Followers

86K

Tags

Action, Sci-fi

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

24d

ILL
ILL

by Team Clout inc.

Followers

85.1K

Tags

Horror, Action

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 3mo

Last News

24d

The Bustling World
The Bustling World

by FireWo Games

Followers

83.8K

Tags

Action RPG, Open World

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1y 4mo

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Why Wishlists Predict Steam Sales

Wishlists are the closest thing to a demand forecast Steam gives you before launch. Launch-week sales track the list closely, and the list keeps working afterwards because Steam emails wishlisters at release and every time the game discounts. Steam keeps the real counts private, so we rank by community-group followers, the same public proxy the rest of the industry uses. Run the number through our Steam wishlist calculator to turn a follower count into a sales range.

Most Upcoming Games Launch to Nobody

There are over 50,000 unreleased games on Steam and the median one has fewer than fifty followers. Narrowing to the games actually launching in the next month does not improve that number, it lowers it, so imminent release is no guarantee of an audience. Only a few hundred titles have passed 10,000 followers. The games you see promoted are a rounding error against what ships, and a page that launches without an audience does not get one from the store. Sort by followers to see where demand concentrates, then look at what those games have in common.

Steam Wishlist FAQ

What is the difference between a Steam follow and a wishlist?
A wishlist tells Steam you intend to buy, and it triggers an email when the game launches or discounts. A follow just subscribes you to the game's updates. The practical difference for research is visibility: Valve publishes follower counts but keeps wishlist numbers private, so followers are the only public read on pre-launch demand.
What is the most wishlisted game on Steam?
Nobody can answer that exactly, because Steam never publishes wishlist counts. What is public is each game's follower count, and the leader among unreleased games carries several hundred thousand followers, far ahead of anything else. The top of the list turns over as big titles release and leave it, so treat the order as the best available reading of pre-launch demand rather than a literal wishlist ranking.
How do you check the most wishlisted games on Steam?
Steam does not publish wishlist counts, so there is no official list. Profitable uses each game's community-group follower count, the same public proxy SteamDB relies on, and rank every unreleased title by it. Sort this table by followers to see the full order rather than the handful Steam surfaces on its Popular Upcoming shelf.
Do wishlists predict Steam sales?
They are the best pre-launch signal available. Launch-week sales track wishlist counts closely, and the size of the list also drives visibility, since Steam notifies wishlisters at release and during sales. The catch is scale: of the 50,000-plus upcoming games on Steam, only a few hundred have crossed 10,000 followers, so most launches start with almost no audience.
What is the Steam follower to wishlist ratio?
Valve publishes neither number, so every ratio in circulation comes from developers who shared both after launch. Those postmortems cluster loosely around ten wishlists per follower, but the spread is wide enough that genre and marketing budget matter more than the multiplier does. Treat it as an order-of-magnitude check rather than a forecast, and calibrate against games similar to yours in the table above instead of applying one number across the board.

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Most Wishlisted Upcoming Steam Games (Sep 2026)