Steam Next Fest: February 2022 Edition

The live board shows 632 games: 16 adult-only games are left out of it.

The event on Steam ↗Source: Steam's own event page · list read Sep 28, 2026

During the event

What the games gained

Most followers gained

Steam followers added between the readings nearest the event's start and end.

Not measured: before our history starts (Jul 13, 2026): our follower readings begin after this event's window opened.

Biggest pick-up in follower pace

Followers gained per day during the event, against the same game's pace in the 14 days before it.

Not measured: before our history starts (Jul 13, 2026): our follower readings begin after this event's window opened.

Most players in a demo

The highest concurrent-player reading we took of the game's demo during the event.

Not tracked: we do not collect demo player readings yet.

Steam's top-50 most-played demos (Steam's order, not a rank)

Valve's own list of the fifty demos played most during the fest, in the order Steam's page carries them. Steam publishes no play counts behind it.

Steam has not published a most-played demos list for this edition, or we have not read it yet.

Where they are now

The fest's games that were not out yet, by Steam followers today: released since or still coming, with the wishlist estimate while it applies and the revenue estimate once out. After the fest, not caused by it.

#	Game	Followers now	Est. wishlists	Est. revenue	Release
1	Nobody - The Turnaround	217.3K	—	—	Nov 16, 2022
2	Core Keeper	174.9K	—	approximately ≈$32.9M	Aug 27, 2024
3	The Wandering Village	112.3K	—	approximately ≈$12.5M	Jul 17, 2025
4	IXION	107.6K	—	approximately ≈$25.3M	Dec 7, 2022
5	Boundary	63.2K	—	—	Apr 13, 2023
6	Occupy Mars: The Game	62.6K	—	approximately ≈$4.4M	Jan 30, 2026
7	A Little to the Left	57.8K	—	approximately ≈$5M	Nov 8, 2022
8	Hero's Hour	51.4K	—	approximately ≈$3.6M	Mar 1, 2022
9	Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga	47.4K	—	approximately ≈$8.6M	Jun 10, 2022
10	Pharaoh™: A New Era	44.7K	—	approximately ≈$6.5M	Feb 15, 2023
11	The Past Within	38.7K	—	approximately ≈$1.4M	Nov 2, 2022
12	Builders of Egypt	37.1K	—	approximately ≈$563.5K	Jan 8, 2025
13	Coromon	36.1K	—	approximately ≈$5M	Mar 31, 2022
14	Neon White	35K	—	approximately ≈$12.7M	Jun 16, 2022
15	CROWZ	34.3K	—	—	Jun 28, 2022
16	Thief Simulator 2	33.9K	—	approximately ≈$6.8M	Oct 4, 2023
17	Celestial Empire	32.7K	—	approximately ≈$795.4K	Sep 23, 2025
18	The Iron Oath	31.9K	—	approximately ≈$830.7K	Nov 2, 2023
19	Builder Simulator	31.4K	—	approximately ≈$1.6M	Jun 9, 2022
20	Stardeus	31.2K	—	approximately ≈$2.4M	Oct 12, 2022
21	Fata Deum - The God Sim	31K	—	approximately ≈$808K	Sep 15, 2025
22	Autopsy Simulator	29.2K	—	approximately ≈$1.9M	Jun 6, 2024
23	TFM: The First Men	29.1K	—	approximately ≈$507.4K	Nov 2, 2022
24	BLACKTAIL	27.7K	—	approximately ≈$1.9M	Dec 15, 2022
25	Cultivation Tales	27.2K	—	approximately ≈$7.4M	Apr 17, 2024

Est. wishlists: Steam publishes no wishlist counts. Estimated as followers × 17 (range × 10 to × 32), from 6 games whose studios stated their wishlist count — a rough estimate, not a reported figure. Only while the game is unreleased or out under 60 days. Est. revenue: our model's estimate for games released since the fest.