Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition

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.

Pos.	Game	Position in Steam's list	Readings
1	Dungeonborne	Steam's order	—
2	Stormgate	Steam's order	—
3	Pacific Drive	Steam's order	—
4	Homeworld 3	Steam's order	—
5	Backpack Battles	Steam's order	—
6	Dread Dawn	Steam's order	—
7	Millennia	Steam's order	—
8	Balatro	Steam's order	—
9	Rotwood	Steam's order	—
10	DEVIATOR	Steam's order	—
11	Dungeon Stalkers	Steam's order	—
12	Soulmask	Steam's order	—
13	Lightyear Frontier	Steam's order	—
14	Star Trucker	Steam's order	—
15	Backrooms Media	Steam's order	—
16	THE 4 SINS	Steam's order	—
17	TerraTech Worlds	Steam's order	—
18	Astral Party	Steam's order	—
19	Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse	Steam's order	—
20	TRIBES 3: Rivals	Steam's order	—
21	Synergy	Steam's order	—
22	shapez 2 - Factory	Steam's order	—
23	Orc Warchief: Strategy Story	Steam's order	—
24	Abiotic Factor	Steam's order	—
25	Incursion Red River	Steam's order	—

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	Soulmask	140.2K	—	approximately ≈$24.1M	Apr 9, 2026
2	Abiotic Factor	137.4K	—	approximately ≈$52.5M	Jul 22, 2025
3	Supermarket Simulator	132.3K	—	approximately ≈$56.5M	Jun 19, 2025
4	Pacific Drive	118.2K	—	approximately ≈$40.7M	Feb 21, 2024
5	Balatro	114.5K	—	approximately ≈$59.3M	Feb 20, 2024
6	Homeworld 3	88.9K	—	approximately ≈$21.5M	May 13, 2024
7	Dungeonborne	80.2K	—	—	Jul 18, 2024
8	Stormgate	76.7K	—	approximately ≈$0	Aug 5, 2025
9	Lightyear Frontier	72.4K	—	approximately ≈$3.7M	Mar 19, 2024
10	The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty	62K	—	approximately ≈$8.5M	Apr 22, 2024
11	Incursion Red River	59.1K	—	approximately ≈$7.1M	Apr 10, 2024
12	shapez 2 - Factory	57.1K	—	approximately ≈$21.3M	Apr 23, 2026
13	Backpack Battles	55.1K	—	approximately ≈$8.7M	Jun 13, 2025
14	Mouthwashing	50K	—	approximately ≈$8.9M	Sep 26, 2024
15	Rotwood	46.2K	—	approximately ≈$7.8M	Mar 3, 2026
16	Star Trucker	44K	—	approximately ≈$7.3M	Sep 3, 2024
17	Spirit City: Lofi Sessions	40.4K	—	approximately ≈$8.7M	Apr 8, 2024
18	Dread Dawn	40.2K	—	approximately ≈$1.3M	Sep 30, 2024
19	Millennia	38.4K	—	approximately ≈$7.1M	Mar 26, 2024
20	Until Then	36.9K	—	approximately ≈$7.2M	Jun 25, 2024
21	Dungeon Stalkers	34K	—	—	Oct 29, 2025
22	Drug Dealer Simulator 2	30.4K	—	approximately ≈$10.9M	Jun 20, 2024
23	MULLET MADJACK	29.9K	—	approximately ≈$5.9M	May 15, 2024
24	News Tower	29.7K	—	approximately ≈$5.8M	Nov 18, 2025
25	Realm of Ink	29.2K	—	approximately ≈$3.4M	May 26, 2026

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.