#Steam
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Steam's $15B Year: Only Two New IPs Made the Top 6.
Steam generated an estimated $15 billion for Valve in 2026. Only two of the top six new releases are original IP, and one is an indie hide-and-seek game.
Early Access Lost Its Meaning. Valheim Found It.
Pocketpair's publishing lead says Early Access has lost its meaning. Valheim left it September 9, 2026, after five years. Wardogs entered it to Mixed reviews.
Phantom Blade Zero Sold 300,000 Preorders in a Week
S-GAME's Phantom Blade Zero sold about 300,000 Steam preorders in its first week, worth roughly $14.5 million, and holds over two million wishlists.
Wardogs Opened Early Access to Mixed Reviews
Wardogs opened Early Access on September 10, 2026, and drew 22,210 Steam reviews in a day at 64% positive. We checked the rest of the week's indie launches.
Wardogs' Final Playtest Peaked at 219,762 Players
BULKHEAD's final Wardogs stress test peaked at 240K+ players on September 4, 2026, overloading its servers ahead of the Early Access launch.
Rebel Wolves' Dawnwalker Sold 1 Million in Two Days
Rebel Wolves, the independent studio founded by an ex-Witcher 3 director, sold one million copies of The Blood of Dawnwalker within two days of launch.
Five Indie Games Worth Your September
September 2026 is packed. We pulled five small games out of the noise, from a castle-on-wheels roguelike to a cozy rooftop farm and two solo-dev oddities.
AI Shovelware Is Drowning Honest Indie Games
Roughly 1 in 3 new Steam games now discloses AI use, and players are punishing the shovelware. The tool is not the enemy. Treating it as the product is.
Steam Shipped 720 Games in a Week, and 74% Sank
Steam set a record with 720 new games in the week ending August 30, and about 74 percent drew under 10 reviews. Being seen is now the hard part.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Arrives on September 22
Lazy Bear Games dates Graveyard Keeper 2 for September 22. Pre-orders opened August 26 with bonus gear, and the zombie business is about to scale.
Half of New Steam Games Will Flag AI Use
One in three new Steam releases now carries an AI disclosure. A store-wide census says the figure reaches half of all new games by 2028.
Wardogs Went Toe to Toe With Call of Duty
A small UK studio's military sandbox drew 105,000 peak players in its beta weekend, within striking distance of Call of Duty. Honesty did the marketing.