Here are the top 20 most wishlisted games on Steam as we charge headfirst into 2026

This past year has been a parade of fantastic games, with major hits and small-studio darlings bubbling up what felt like every single day. That doesn't mean players' appetites for more are any less voracious, of course; if you're like me, your Steam wishlist is a landfill of release-date-pending games that promise to propel our medium even further.

As the calendar prepares to turn over, and in the spirit of neverending insatiability, let's take a look at the 20 most wishlisted games on Steam and dissect every last detail we can...