How the indie market moved this month
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October 2026 - in progress
Full October 2026 report850 indie games released on Steam in October 2026 through day 14
Up 100% against October 2025 (425, 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.
Biggest movers in filling pressure
- Cozy is filling faster than a month ago: announced upcoming games moved from 150% to 198% of the games already released (+48 points).
- Auto Battler is filling faster than a month ago: announced upcoming games moved from 73% to 92% of the games already released (+19 points).
Where supply moved fastest
- Cozy shipped more games in its last complete quarter than the same measurement showed a month ago: 252 to 662 (+163%).
- Visual Novel shipped more games in its last complete quarter than the same measurement showed a month ago: 461 to 875 (+90%).
- Idler shipped more games in its last complete quarter than the same measurement showed a month ago: 474 to 843 (+78%).
- Deckbuilding shipped more games in its last complete quarter than the same measurement showed a month ago: 287 to 468 (+63%).