Each answer resolves independently. For the purposes of this market, I'll also consider DLCs or hardware as games if they appear.
Resolution criteria
Source of Truth: This market will resolve based on the official Steam Best of 2026 page (New Releases category, "Platinum" tier), which will be hosted at Steam Best of 2026.
Update Timing: Valve typically publishes this page in mid-December and finalizes it with complete December data around January 15, 2027. The market will resolve once this final update is posted.
Target Category: To resolve YES, a game must be listed specifically in the Platinum tier under the New Releases section.
Resolution Rules:
Games listed in the Gold, Silver, or Bronze tiers, or not listed in the Top 100 New Releases at all, will resolve to NO.
Any game that is delayed or fails to release on Steam in 2026 will resolve to NO.
If Valve alters the tier naming (e.g., removing the name "Platinum"), the top 12 highest-grossing new releases of 2026 on Steam will be used.
If the official page is not available by February 1, 2027, the market will resolve based on equivalent year-end consensus data from alternative trackers like SteamDB.
Background
Every year, Valve releases its "Best of" charts to highlight the top-performing games on Steam. The "New Releases" category features the top 100 games released between January 1 and December 31, ranked by their first two weeks of gross revenue.
Because exact revenue numbers are proprietary, Steam groups the top games into four randomized buckets:
Platinum: 1st - 12th
Gold: 13th - 24th
Silver: 25th - 50th
Bronze: 51st - 100th
Several notable titles have debuted on Steam throughout 2026, including:
Resident Evil Requiem (released February 27, 2026)
Marathon (released March 5, 2026)
Slay the Spire 2 (Early Access launched March 5, 2026)
Crimson Desert (released March 19, 2026)
PRAGMATA (released April 17, 2026)
Forza Horizon 6 (released May 19, 2026)
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