Steam Next Fest: February 2026 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	Marathon	Steam's order	—
2	Burglin' Gnomes	Steam's order	—
3	Windrose	Steam's order	—
4	Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors	Steam's order	—
5	Far Far West	Steam's order	—
6	Outbound	Steam's order	—
7	Wanderburg	Steam's order	—
8	John Carpenter's Toxic Commando	Steam's order	—
9	Fate Trigger	Steam's order	—
10	Hozy	Steam's order	—
11	Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite	Steam's order	—
12	Sledding Game	Steam's order	—
13	Arkheron	Steam's order	—
14	Romestead	Steam's order	—
15	We Gotta Go	Steam's order	—
16	Guardians of the Wild Sky	Steam's order	—
17	Don't Panic! It is Just Turbulence	Steam's order	—
18	RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike	Steam's order	—
19	REPLACED	Steam's order	—
20	Darkhaven	Steam's order	—
21	Shift At Midnight	Steam's order	—
22	SpaceCraft	Steam's order	—
23	Tap Tap Loot	Steam's order	—
24	Gambonanza	Steam's order	—
25	Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection	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	Windrose	260.8K	—	approximately ≈$37.1M	Apr 14, 2026
2	Tap Tap Loot	177.9K	—	approximately ≈$133.3K	Apr 13, 2026
3	PRAGMATA	173.8K	—	approximately ≈$54.3M	Apr 16, 2026
4	Marathon	124.7K	—	approximately ≈$48.6M	Mar 5, 2026
5	Far Far West	94.1K	—	approximately ≈$15.3M	Apr 28, 2026
6	REPLACED	82.9K	—	approximately ≈$6.7M	Apr 14, 2026
7	Outbound	75K	—	approximately ≈$2.8M	May 11, 2026
8	SpaceCraft	64.1K	—	approximately ≈$4.6M	Jun 11, 2026
9	Burglin' Gnomes	56.6K	—	approximately ≈$1.7M	Jun 10, 2026
10	Fate Trigger	54.7K	approximately ≈546.9K–1.7M	—	Coming soon
11	Esoteric Ebb	54.4K	—	approximately ≈$8.8M	Mar 3, 2026
12	Romestead	53.7K	—	approximately ≈$2.4M	May 25, 2026
13	John Carpenter's Toxic Commando	52.9K	—	approximately ≈$9.6M	Mar 12, 2026
14	Active Matter	52.8K	approximately ≈528.2K–1.7M	approximately ≈$6.6M	Sep 15, 2026
15	Alabaster Dawn	47.3K	—	approximately ≈$2.2M	May 7, 2026
16	Shift At Midnight	45.8K	—	approximately ≈$5.4M	Jul 22, 2026
17	The Ranchers	45.6K	—	approximately ≈$1M	Jul 30, 2026
18	Witchspire	45.2K	—	approximately ≈$1.7M	Jun 10, 2026
19	Dinoblade	44.7K	—	approximately ≈$1.9M	Jul 23, 2026
20	Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors	43.8K	—	approximately ≈$6M	Apr 21, 2026
21	Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection	42.5K	—	approximately ≈$15.5M	Mar 12, 2026
22	Farever	41.2K	—	approximately ≈$6.7M	May 6, 2026
23	Sledding Game	40.2K	—	approximately ≈$1.5M	Apr 30, 2026
24	Wanderburg	38.5K	approximately ≈385K–1.2M	approximately ≈$3.5M	Sep 8, 2026
25	ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut	37.5K	—	approximately ≈$4.6M	May 21, 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.