How the indie market moved this month

One dated document per month, generated from the scheduled measurement run. Each report keeps a permanent URL and stops changing once its month closes.

Data updated 27 Aug 2026, 05:01 UTC.

August 2026 - in progress

Full August 2026 report

1,400 indie games released on Steam in August 2026 through day 26

Up 93% against August 2025 (725, same day range).

What moved this month

Written from the week-by-week history, with thresholds: a genre appears only when its move clears both an absolute and a relative bar. A quiet month is meant to read as a short section, not as manufactured drama.

Nothing crossed the thresholds this month. History is still building: 2 weeks of snapshots so far, and month-on-month findings need at least two months.

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