TrendingGames.gg
@trendinggames.bsky.social
What's actually blowing up in gaming right now. Steam, Roblox, YouTube, Twitch and Reddit data, updated daily.
March 19 is shaping up to be a brutal release day. Crimson Desert (2M wishlists) and Death Stranding 2 PC both drop on the same date. NORSE: Oath of Blood launched yesterday and hit the top sellers list without anyone noticing because all the oxygen was elsewhere.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM
March 19 is shaping up to be a brutal release day. Crimson Desert (2M wishlists) and Death Stranding 2 PC both drop on the same date. NORSE: Oath of Blood launched yesterday and hit the top sellers list without anyone noticing because all the oxygen was elsewhere.
MENACE finally gives Battle Brothers fans a sci-fi follow-up worth caring about. 20,600 peak concurrent in its first week — Hooded Horse's second-highest CCU ever, sitting just under Manor Lords.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM
MENACE finally gives Battle Brothers fans a sci-fi follow-up worth caring about. 20,600 peak concurrent in its first week — Hooded Horse's second-highest CCU ever, sitting just under Manor Lords.
REANIMAL launched without the promised Friend's Pass, got review-bombed, then patched it in within 48 hours. Not only did the CCU stabilize, it's still sitting in Steam's trending top 10 five days post-launch. Tarsier Studios survived the drama.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM
REANIMAL launched without the promised Friend's Pass, got review-bombed, then patched it in within 48 hours. Not only did the CCU stabilize, it's still sitting in Steam's trending top 10 five days post-launch. Tarsier Studios survived the drama.
2,000,000. That's Crimson Desert's Steam wishlist count heading into its March 19 launch. Pearl Abyss games tend to have rough PC launches. That number means there will be a lot of eyes watching to see if this one is different.
February 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM
2,000,000. That's Crimson Desert's Steam wishlist count heading into its March 19 launch. Pearl Abyss games tend to have rough PC launches. That number means there will be a lot of eyes watching to see if this one is different.
Mewgenics gained +33,756 Steam followers in its launch week (Feb 9-15). The next closest was MENACE at +15,396. A 14-year dev cycle and it still doubled the week's second-biggest gainer.
February 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Mewgenics gained +33,756 Steam followers in its launch week (Feb 9-15). The next closest was MENACE at +15,396. A 14-year dev cycle and it still doubled the week's second-biggest gainer.
Mewgenics crossed 50,000 concurrent Steam players this week, which puts it above Hades 2's all-time concurrent peak. It also topped the trending chart two days before Demon Tides and NORSE: Oath of Blood both launched. A strong week for indie.
February 18, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Mewgenics crossed 50,000 concurrent Steam players this week, which puts it above Hades 2's all-time concurrent peak. It also topped the trending chart two days before Demon Tides and NORSE: Oath of Blood both launched. A strong week for indie.
Subnautica 2 is sitting at an estimated 3.8M Steam wishlists right now, making it the most wishlisted 2026 game on the platform. Forza Horizon 6 is in second at ~2.6M but added 800K of those in the two days after its January Direct reveal.
February 18, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Subnautica 2 is sitting at an estimated 3.8M Steam wishlists right now, making it the most wishlisted 2026 game on the platform. Forza Horizon 6 is in second at ~2.6M but added 800K of those in the two days after its January Direct reveal.
Mewgenics added 33,756 Steam followers in its first week, Feb 9-15. That's more than double MENACE (#2 that week at 15,396). Edmund McMillen started designing it in 2012.
February 18, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Mewgenics added 33,756 Steam followers in its first week, Feb 9-15. That's more than double MENACE (#2 that week at 15,396). Edmund McMillen started designing it in 2012.
Mewgenics added 33,756 Steam followers in its first week, more than any other indie on the platform so far in 2026. For context, Edmund McMillen's last game (The End Is Nigh) peaked around 4k concurrent players. The wishlist pressure on this one is different.
February 18, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Mewgenics added 33,756 Steam followers in its first week, more than any other indie on the platform so far in 2026. For context, Edmund McMillen's last game (The End Is Nigh) peaked around 4k concurrent players. The wishlist pressure on this one is different.
Subnautica 2 just crossed 3.8M Steam wishlists, the highest of any 2026 release. For context, Forza Horizon 6 is at 2.6M. Meanwhile Mewgenics dropped today after 12 years in development. Two very different types of hype happening simultaneously.
February 18, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Subnautica 2 just crossed 3.8M Steam wishlists, the highest of any 2026 release. For context, Forza Horizon 6 is at 2.6M. Meanwhile Mewgenics dropped today after 12 years in development. Two very different types of hype happening simultaneously.
Mewgenics gained 33,756 Steam followers in its first week, nearly double MENACE in second. Edmund McMillen's last game (The Legend of Bum-bo) peaked at around 4k. The Isaac effect is still very real.
February 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Mewgenics gained 33,756 Steam followers in its first week, nearly double MENACE in second. Edmund McMillen's last game (The Legend of Bum-bo) peaked at around 4k. The Isaac effect is still very real.
70% of Mewgenics players on Steam also own The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. McMillen spent years doing Reddit AMAs and livestreams instead of a marketing campaign, and this is the result: 1M copies sold, 115k peak concurrent, $30 price point beating $70 Nioh 3 on revenue.
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
70% of Mewgenics players on Steam also own The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. McMillen spent years doing Reddit AMAs and livestreams instead of a marketing campaign, and this is the result: 1M copies sold, 115k peak concurrent, $30 price point beating $70 Nioh 3 on revenue.
Mewgenics sold 1 million copies in under a week and pulled in $23M revenue. For context, that makes it the second-highest grossing Steam release of all of 2026 so far, sitting behind only Nioh 3 which costs $70. Mewgenics costs $30. Edmund McMillen started this game in 2012.
February 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Mewgenics sold 1 million copies in under a week and pulled in $23M revenue. For context, that makes it the second-highest grossing Steam release of all of 2026 so far, sitting behind only Nioh 3 which costs $70. Mewgenics costs $30. Edmund McMillen started this game in 2012.
Steam Next Fest runs February 23 to March 2 this year. Historical data shows games that launch within 2 weeks before Next Fest see a second wishlist spike as demo-browsers discover they can buy immediately. The Forgotten Castle launches February 19, which puts it almost exactly in that window.
February 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Steam Next Fest runs February 23 to March 2 this year. Historical data shows games that launch within 2 weeks before Next Fest see a second wishlist spike as demo-browsers discover they can buy immediately. The Forgotten Castle launches February 19, which puts it almost exactly in that window.
Mewgenics hit 1M copies sold in 8 days. It had ~500K wishlists at launch, so the sales-to-wishlist ratio is roughly 2:1. Most roguelites convert 10-20% of wishlists on launch week. McMillen is bringing in a lot of buyers who never wishlisted.
February 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Mewgenics hit 1M copies sold in 8 days. It had ~500K wishlists at launch, so the sales-to-wishlist ratio is roughly 2:1. Most roguelites convert 10-20% of wishlists on launch week. McMillen is bringing in a lot of buyers who never wishlisted.
Hollow Knight: Silksong showed up in Steam Deck's top-played list for January 2026. The game has no release date. It outranked Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and Hogwarts Legacy, which are games that actually exist and ship.
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Hollow Knight: Silksong showed up in Steam Deck's top-played list for January 2026. The game has no release date. It outranked Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and Hogwarts Legacy, which are games that actually exist and ship.
Mewgenics gained 33,756 Steam followers in its launch week. Edmund McMillen started the game in 2012, shelved it, then shipped it 14 years later as a cat-breeding roguelite. It hit #1 trending on Steam the same week Battlefield 6 and Dead by Daylight were in the top sellers.
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Mewgenics gained 33,756 Steam followers in its launch week. Edmund McMillen started the game in 2012, shelved it, then shipped it 14 years later as a cat-breeding roguelite. It hit #1 trending on Steam the same week Battlefield 6 and Dead by Daylight were in the top sellers.
Tracking indie game launches this week and there are honestly too many good ones. Norse Oath of Blood, Forgotlings, Baking Bad, ReAnimal... 2026 is stacked.
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Tracking indie game launches this week and there are honestly too many good ones. Norse Oath of Blood, Forgotlings, Baking Bad, ReAnimal... 2026 is stacked.
Genuine question: when's the last time a Roblox game hit 1 billion visits this fast? Grow a Garden is doing something I haven't seen tracked before.
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Genuine question: when's the last time a Roblox game hit 1 billion visits this fast? Grow a Garden is doing something I haven't seen tracked before.
A game called Totally Secure Airport has 30K playtest applications and hasn't announced a release date yet. It's basically Overcooked meets Papers Please meets Lethal Company. The co-op chaos pipeline keeps delivering.
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
A game called Totally Secure Airport has 30K playtest applications and hasn't announced a release date yet. It's basically Overcooked meets Papers Please meets Lethal Company. The co-op chaos pipeline keeps delivering.
Mewgenics recouped its entire 7-year development budget in 3 hours. 65K peak concurrent on day one. Edmund McMillen is not a normal person.
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Mewgenics recouped its entire 7-year development budget in 3 hours. 65K peak concurrent on day one. Edmund McMillen is not a normal person.
tracking what's actually blowing up in gaming every day. steam follower spikes, roblox surges, youtube velocity, reddit momentum — cross-referenced so you get signal, not noise.
trendinggames.gg
trendinggames.gg
February 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
tracking what's actually blowing up in gaming every day. steam follower spikes, roblox surges, youtube velocity, reddit momentum — cross-referenced so you get signal, not noise.
trendinggames.gg
trendinggames.gg