Worst Class Ever Tops Steam Next Fest October 2026 Demo Chart
Valve's top 50 list, based on unique players, put the schoolyard party game first ahead of Probably Stolen and Find The Needle.
Valve published the top 50 most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: October 2026 Edition on October 27, as the festival closed, with Worst Class Ever taking first place. The ranking is based on unique player counts, according to Automaton Media.
Worst Class Ever is an asymmetric party game set in a school, playable solo or with up to six players online, in which mischievous students and a teacher oppose each other. Its demo peaked at about 28,000 concurrent players according to SteamDB, and the developer says 600,000 players in total played it during the festival. The full release is planned for November 10.
Probably Stolen placed second. The dystopian pawnshop management game is due to launch in full on October 28. Third went to Find The Needle, an incremental game about finding one needle in a haystack of about 6 million, with more than 300 upgrades unlocked through a technology tree; its full version is planned within the year.
Tropico 7, Dumpster Gang, Haunted Paws, Reshine and Ballistic.exe also made the top 50. The list also included two Japanese titles, ranked eighth and ninth respectively.
Steam Next Fest: October 2026 Edition ran from October 20 to October 27 at 2:00 AM. Steam Next Fest is a recurring event in which demos of upcoming games are released together.
Quick answers
When does Worst Class Ever release in full?
The full release is planned for November 10, following its Steam Next Fest demo.
When did Steam Next Fest: October 2026 Edition take place?
It ran from October 20 to October 27 at 2:00 AM.
How is Valve's top 50 ranking determined?
The ranking is based on unique player counts for each demo.