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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 Nov 3, 2026

Live133KUpcoming52.2KGenres21Tags458Publishers76.9KDevelopers85.1KStats

Median followers

21

across every unreleased game

Launching in 30 days

1.8K

your launch-window competition

Titles with 10K+ followers

316

strong pre-launch signal

Most followed

492.2K

most-followed upcoming game

All 52,167 titles
Deadlock

by Valve

Followers

492.2K

Tags

MOBA, Third-Person Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

3d
OKU

by Irox Games

Followers

369.7K

Tags

Word Game, Hand-drawn

Genre

Adventure

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

3mo
Light No Fire

by Hello Games

Followers

250.3K

Tags

Open World, Survival

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1y 2mo
KARLSON

by Dani

Followers

163.1K

Tags

Parkour, First-Person

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win · Mac · Linux

Release

TBA

Last News

—
Blight: Survival

by Haenir Studio

Followers

160K

Tags

Medieval, Online Co-Op

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

29d
ARK 2

by Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games

Followers

146.6K

Tags

Survival, Open World

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

10mo
Unrecord

by Drama Studios

Followers

139.1K

Tags

Realistic, FPS

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

10mo
PUBG: Black Budget

by PUBG Corporation

Followers

124.8K

Tags

Action, Extraction Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1mo
Paradise

by Ultra Games, Ultra Technologies

Followers

123.3K

Tags

Open World, Free to Play

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1y 7mo
Chrono Odyssey

by Chrono Studio

Followers

118.2K

Tags

MMORPG, Action

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1mo
Witchbrook

by Chucklefish, Robotality

Followers

117.2K

Tags

Multiplayer, Online Co-Op

Genre

Indie

Platforms

Win

Release

in 2mo

Last News

6d
Rooted

by Headlight Studio

Followers

111.4K

Tags

Crafting, Open World

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 1mo

Last News

1mo
Dear Passengers

by FLEXUS

Followers

102.3K

Tags

Online Co-Op, Co-op

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1mo

Last News

4d
Falling Frontier

by Stutter Fox Studios

Followers

100.8K

Tags

Space, Strategy

Genre

Simulation

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

7mo
NAKWON: LAST PARADISE

by NEXON

Followers

97.6K

Tags

Zombies, Extraction Shooter

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1d
Vindictus: Defying Fate

by NEXON

Followers

93.8K

Tags

Action, RPG

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 1mo

Last News

8d
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

by Owlcat Games

Followers

91.2K

Tags

Action, Sci-fi

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

10d
ILL

by Team Clout inc.

Followers

87.6K

Tags

Horror, Action

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 1mo

Last News

2d
The Bustling World

by FireWo Games

Followers

84.3K

Tags

Action RPG, Open World

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

1y 6mo
Chronicles: Medieval

by Raw Power Games

Followers

83.1K

Tags

Early Access, Medieval

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 1mo

Last News

4d
Resident Evil Veronica

by CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

Followers

79.7K

Tags

Action, Survival Horror

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

in 1y 1mo

Last News

7d
Fourteen Years of Flames

by 烽火工作室

Followers

79.4K

Tags

FPS, Historical

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

—
Soulframe

by Digital Extremes

Followers

77.9K

Tags

Action, Adventure

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win

Release

TBA

Last News

4d
Ardem

by Techtive Games

Followers

74K

Tags

Early Access, Exploration

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win · Linux

Release

in 1y 1mo

Last News

23d
The Last Night

by Odd Tales

Followers

73.8K

Tags

Pixel Graphics, 2.5D

Genre

Action

Platforms

Win · Mac

Release

TBA

Last News

4y 11mo
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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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