Today confirms it!
Steam's new Personal Calendar FAR outperforms the bump seen from fighting tooth and nail for a Popular Upcoming spot.
In it's first full day, for a game 2 weeks out (the far end of the front page widget):
+3224 visits from the calendar
+1368 wishlists
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Early evidence is that Steam's new Personal Calendar is WAAAAY better than Popular Upcoming!!
Moon River is 2 weeks from launch with ~7000 wishlists. In less than a day after this change, we added >700 wishlists!!
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The changes to Popular Upcoming will be felt by small indies.
BUT! The new Personal Calendar might be the perfect replacement?
It shows up earlier on the page. Is specific to YOUR interests. And let's you easily scrub through future AND PAST releases! Here's hoping it helps 🤞
