Steam Next Fest: February 2025 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 measured: before our history starts (Oct 20, 2026): our demo player readings begin after this event's window opened.

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	Mecha BREAK	Steam's order	—
2	Among Us 3D	Steam's order	—
3	RoadCraft	Steam's order	—
4	Gothic 1 Remake	Steam's order	—
5	Fellowship	Steam's order	—
6	Solarpunk™	Steam's order	—
7	Dune: Awakening	Steam's order	—
8	Haste	Steam's order	—
9	Shape of Dreams	Steam's order	—
10	Schedule I	Steam's order	—
11	Game of Thrones: Kingsroad	Steam's order	—
12	9 Kings	Steam's order	—
13	PUBG: BLINDSPOT	Steam's order	—
14	The King is Watching	Steam's order	—
15	Lost Skies	Steam's order	—
16	The First Berserker: Khazan	Steam's order	—
17	DARKEST DAYS	Steam's order	—
18	Tempest Rising	Steam's order	—
19	Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days	Steam's order	—
20	Breathedge 2	Steam's order	—
21	Monster Train 2	Steam's order	—
22	Is This Seat Taken?	Steam's order	—
23	Football Life Simulator	Steam's order	—
24	Dread Tomb	Steam's order	—
25	Emissary Zero	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	Bongo Cat	936K	—	approximately ≈$0	Mar 5, 2025
2	Schedule I	279K	—	approximately ≈$201.8M	Mar 24, 2025
3	Dune: Awakening	275.8K	—	approximately ≈$99.5M	Jun 10, 2025
4	Mecha BREAK	222.9K	—	approximately ≈$0	Jul 1, 2025
5	Gothic 1 Remake	151.7K	—	approximately ≈$37.5M	Jun 5, 2026
6	RoadCraft	105.6K	—	approximately ≈$26.4M	May 20, 2025
7	Tempest Rising	105.2K	—	approximately ≈$18.4M	Apr 24, 2025
8	Solarpunk™	95.2K	—	approximately ≈$4.9M	Jun 8, 2026
9	Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days	94.2K	—	approximately ≈$12M	Apr 9, 2025
10	The First Berserker: Khazan	91.4K	—	approximately ≈$40.4M	Mar 27, 2025
11	Megabonk	75.9K	—	approximately ≈$23.9M	Sep 18, 2025
12	Fellowship	75.6K	—	approximately ≈$13.4M	Oct 16, 2025
13	Solasta II	65.6K	—	approximately ≈$5.6M	Mar 12, 2026
14	Shape of Dreams	64.6K	—	approximately ≈$12.4M	Sep 10, 2025
15	9 Kings	50.8K	—	approximately ≈$13.8M	May 23, 2025
16	Haste	43.1K	—	approximately ≈$9.1M	Apr 1, 2025
17	The King is Watching	40K	—	approximately ≈$5.5M	Jul 21, 2025
18	Breathedge 2	38.7K	approximately ≈387.2K–1.2M	approximately ≈$2.3M	Aug 31, 2026
19	Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms	37.8K	approximately ≈378.2K–1.2M	approximately ≈$6.2M	Sep 23, 2026
20	Tales of Seikyu	37.3K	—	approximately ≈$3M	Jun 11, 2026
21	Aethermancer	36.4K	—	approximately ≈$3.2M	Sep 23, 2025
22	Lost Skies	35.7K	—	approximately ≈$2.6M	Sep 17, 2025
23	Game of Thrones: Kingsroad	31.5K	—	—	May 21, 2025
24	Whisper of the House	30.2K	—	approximately ≈$4.2M	Aug 27, 2025
25	Dragonkin: The Banished	29.2K	—	approximately ≈$2.2M	Mar 16, 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.