What is under a review wave right now, who is writing it, and does it recover? · 50 waves in the last 14 days
The detection is SteamPeaks’ own: a bucket of Valve’s review histogram whose positive share breaks from the game’s own median on unusual volume. Valve exposes no off-topic marker through any endpoint, so no wave here is called off-topic by Valve, and the store’s own summary may differ.
| # | Game | When | Reviews | Positive | Writers | Recovery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lord of the Rings: War in the North |
| Aug 2026negative wave |
| 80×2.5 usual |
| 57.5% −32 ptsmedian 90% |
| English · 65%12.6 h at review · 78 sampled |
| not recovered |
| 2 | Destiny Warriors RPGDestiny Warriors RPG | Aug 2026positive wave | 74×11 usual | 77.0% +27 ptsmedian 50% | Russian · 96%0.7 h at review · 76 sampled | surge |
| 3 | FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Free TrialFINAL FANTASY XIV Online Free Trial | Apr to Aug 2026negative wave | 290×12 usual | 45.5% −25 ptsmedian 71% | English · 68%15.8 h at review · 275 sampled | recovered31 d |
| 4 | Mysterious SchoolMysterious School | Aug 2026negative wave | 41×2.4 usual | 14.6% −22 ptsmedian 37% | Simplified Chinese · 95%2.6 h at review · 40 sampled | not recovered |
| 5 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® WildlandsTom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands | Aug 2026negative wave | 7,656×10 usual | 59.2% −21 ptsmedian 80% | English · 40%29.5 h at review · 188 sampled | not recovered |
| 6 | Zombie Army TrilogyZombie Army Trilogy | Aug 2026negative wave | 128×1.6 usual | 66.4% −20 ptsmedian 86% | English · 40%4.6 h at review · 178 sampled | not recovered |
| 7 | KARDS - The WWII Card GameKARDS - The WWII Card Game | Jun to Aug 2026negative wave | 2,854×2.4 usual | 53.9% −19 ptsmedian 73% | Simplified Chinese · 91%32.0 h at review · 486 sampled | not recovered |
| 8 | PixARKPixARK | Aug 2026negative wave | 155×1.9 usual | 57.4% −19 ptsmedian 76% | English · 31%1.3 h at review · 248 sampled | not recovered |
| 9 | Atomic Heart - Annihilation InstinctAtomic Heart - Annihilation Instinct | Aug 2026negative wave | 67×2.9 usual | 55.2% −18 ptsmedian 74% | Russian · 79%no playtime · 68 sampled | recovered31 d |
| 10 | VERGE:Lost chapterVERGE:Lost chapter | Aug 2026positive wave | 66×22 usual | 63.6% +15 ptsmedian 49% | Russian · 36%2.0 h at review · 66 sampled | surge |
| 11 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® IIICall of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III | Aug 2026positive wave | 2,393×5.5 usual | 62.3% +15 ptsmedian 47% | Simplified Chinese · 50%13.8 h at review · 280 sampled | surge |
| 12 | ATOMEGAATOMEGA | Aug 2026positive wave | 44×3.4 usual | 90.9% +13 ptsmedian 78% | Russian · 54%5.6 h at review · 52 sampled | surge |
A bucket is a wave when its positive share is 15 points or more under the game’s median bucket (negative) or 12 points or more over it on 2.5× the usual volume (positive), carrying at least 1.6× the median volume and a floor of reviews (25 for the daily series, 40 for the weekly or monthly one); neighbouring buckets of the same kind merge, and the six strongest per series are kept per game, the same rules the Reviews section of each game page runs. Writers come from the reviews SteamPeaks sampled inside the wave’s days, where the sampler has reached the game; the histogram counts are Valve’s. Recovery is the share back within 5 points of the median within 60 days. Recomputed daily. How this is computed. Data by SteamPeaks.com.