🎮 July Steam Roundup: From Record Sales to Bot Drama! - 2026.10.12 | Steam

Hello, fans! 🎮 Here's a roundup of the Steam news from July. Stuff every Steam gamer should know!

💰 Record Steam Sales

Steam reportedly made about 16.7 trillion won in the first half of 2026 alone ^[1]. Makes you wonder how much of that came from our libraries, right? 😂

🔥 Hot Indie Games

The Japanese indie game “Metcha Chameleon” sold 15 million copies in about a month ^[2]. Densha Attack! earned a 98% positive rating on Steam, “Overwhelmingly Positive” ^[3], and “ON&OFF” was set for a full Steam release on July 31 ^[4]. Below Lethe is also being prepared for Steam ^[5].

🛠️ Steam Deck News

Valve will keep selling genuine batteries for the Steam Deck LCD model through iFixit ^[6].

🧐 Good to Know

“Ubermosi: Omega” hit a peak of 170,000 concurrent players, but it turned out to be driven by bot accounts targeting the Steam trading card system, not real players ^[7]. There's also an analysis suggesting games that disclosed AI use saw up to a 53% gap in performance ^[8]. The disclosure policy debate is definitely heating up! 🤔