Steam Personal Calendar Feature Drives Wishlist Surge, Publishers Report
The Personal Calendar shifts Steam discovery from user-initiated browsing to algorithm-driven recommendations, and early data suggests it significantly boosts wishlist registrations for featured titles.
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Valve released the official Steam store redesign on June 5, adding a Personal Calendar that shows upcoming games based on user play history. Social media users praised the feature for surfacing unknown titles. Publishers reported wishlist registration spikes, with one game gaining over 10,000 wishlists in a day when featured on the top page.
Valve rolled out the official Steam store redesign on June 5, and the standout addition is the Personal Calendar, which shows upcoming games sorted by release date based on a user's play history. The feature displays five weeks on the top page and extends to six weeks on a detailed view. Social media users reported discovering games they had not seen before and seeing release dates for wishlisted titles. The change appears to benefit publishers directly. On June 20, 2 Left Thumbs, publisher of 'Moon River,' said it gained over 700 wishlist registrations in less than a day after the feature launched. GameDiscoverCo reported that a game typically receiving 300-500 daily wishlists got over 10,000 when featured on the top page via the calendar. Meanwhile, the Popular Upcoming section now defaults to sorting by 'relevance' rather than release date, which may push major titles higher.
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