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on 11 Nov 2026

Upcoming 11 Nov

Next three months: 525 dated games, 229 in November. Most wishlisted: Witchbrook, out in about 3 months.November: 229 dated games. Top: Witchbrook.November: 229 dated games.

Re-checked 90 games

Upcoming

Who launches against you, when, and which months are crowded? Only games with a real release date close to launch go on the calendar, and every game named here was re-checked against the live Steam store. Games with no date sit in their own list.

Choose your genre in the bar below and it lights up green on every part of the page. Your choices stay in the address bar, so you can share the view.

Named games
90 games re-checked against the live Steam store on 11 Nov 2026: 30 dated in the next 90 days, 30 later in the year, 30 with no date. Ranked by wishlist rank and followers.
Counts
599 games with a day or month date in the next 12 months, out of 5,803 in Steam's wishlist ranking on 11 Nov 2026. 428 adult-tagged games left out.
Big launch
In the top 500 of Steam's wishlist ranking.

1Countdown to launch

Every re-checked game dated in the window you choose, soonest first. The big number is days to launch.

14 re-checked games in the next 30 days.

Out inGameDateWishlist
01day Main SequenceTumbling Dumpling Studio 12 NovWishlist rank #231
05days Trees Hate YouTykenn 16 NovWishlist rank #190
06days Melvor Idle 2Games by Malcs 17 NovWishlist rank #263
16days ArkheronBonfire Studios 27 NovWishlist rank #182
16days Our Life: Now & ForeverGB Patch Games 27 NovWishlist rank #567
20days Hela: of Mice & MagicWindup 1 DecWishlist rank #45
21days Blind DescentPokuch 2 DecWishlist rank #133
22days Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IVKING Art 3 DecWishlist rank #17
22days HUNGERGOOD FUN CORP 3 DecWishlist rank #47
22days Rayman Legends RetoldUbisoft 3 DecWishlist rank #214
22days The Road of Dust and SorrowPainted Black Games 3 DecWishlist rank #276
27days Guns of EschatonEschatology Entertainment 8 DecWishlist rank #197
27days Never Be AloneJonas Jensen | Wes Larkin 8 DecWishlist rank #210
29days STAGE TOURRedOctane Games 10 DecWishlist rank #272

2Crowded months

How many games are dated in each of the next twelve months, overall and for your genre.

All datedBig launchesYour genre only

Choose your genre in the bar above to see its share of each month.

Height: games dated in each month.Hatched: still filling in.Tap a month to read it.

Busiest

November 2026 has 229 dated games so far, 16 of them big launches (top 500 wishlists). That makes it the busiest of the next 4 months. Another 89 say only "Q4 2026".

Named, re-checked on the store: Arkheron (#182, out in 16 days), Trees Hate You (#190, out in 5 days), Main Sequence (#231, out tomorrow), Demon Bluff (#240, due in November, month only), and 2 more.

Whether a quieter month leads to a better launch is not computed yet (it needs release-month history).

Counts: games with a day or month date in Steam's wishlist ranking on 11 Nov 2026 (5,803 games, 428 adult-tagged games left out). Names appear only for games re-checked on the live store. Months from March 2027 on start more than 90 days out: most games announce an exact date only a few months before launch, so those columns will grow.

3Releasing soon and long anticipated

The most wishlisted games coming soon, the ones people have waited on the longest, and the big pages with no date.

Releasing soon

90 days

Most wishlisted, dated in 90 daysVerified

WitchbrookWishlist rank #9, out 28 Jan78 days
#13METRO 203985 days
#17Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV22 days
#22Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy78 days
#33Emberville57 days
#45Hela: of Mice & Magic20 days
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Long anticipated

2+ years

Top 1,000, page public 2+ years

Blight: SurvivalWishlist rank #5, public by Apr 2023 or earlier3.6+ years
#9Witchbrook3.6+ years
#3Light No Fire2.9 years
#12ARK 23.6+ years
#10ILL3.4 years
#14Unrecord3.6+ years
See all 41 waiting

Gaining fast

Followers

Followers added in two weeksNeeds data

Not computed yetFirst readings 13 Oct
Collecting since 30 SepFollowers are saved every night for every ranked upcoming game. Growth needs two readings two weeks apart.
How gaining works

No date yet

Announced

Big pages with no release date

DeadlockNo date, 2.2 years listed#1
#2Dear Passengers2026
#3Light No Fireno date
#5Blight: Survivalno date
#6Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000no date
#7Resident Evil Veronica2027
See all 30 undated

These cards show who is coming, not whether a launch will do well. Evidence: Descriptive (Releasing soon, Long anticipated, No date yet), Untested (Gaining fast). Lens checks are for market figures, so they have not been run on single games.

4Plan a launch month

Pick a month to see how crowded it is for your genre, then ask for an alert when a big game moves into it.

Games dated in each of the next six months. Choose your genre in the bar above to count only yours. Tap a month for its read.

Busiest

November 2026 has 229 dated games so far, 16 of them big launches (top 500 wishlists). That makes it the busiest of the next 4 months. Another 89 say only "Q4 2026".

Named, re-checked on the store: Arkheron (#182, out in 16 days), Trees Hate You (#190, out in 5 days), Main Sequence (#231, out tomorrow), and 3 more.

Whether a quieter month leads to a better launch is not computed yet (it needs release-month history).

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How to read this

Wishlist rank
The game's place in Steam's Popular Upcoming list, which Steam orders by wishlists, on 11 Nov 2026. It is an order, not a count, and we do not estimate wishlist numbers.
Re-check
Before each daily publish every named game is looked up on the live store: still coming soon, same date (or moved within its list), name, developer and art present. Games that fail are left out. 428 adult-tagged games are left out of the names and the counts.
Long anticipated
Wishlist rank 1,000 or better and a store page public for 2+ years. Page dates come from Steam's daily store list, which starts on 22 Apr 2023, so "+" means the wait is longer than shown.
Month only
Games dated only to a month appear in the 90-day window only, because a month cannot be placed inside 7 or 30 days. A quarter date ("Q4 2026") stays off the calendar and is counted apart.

Full method

Releases

Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.