{"id":643057,"date":"2026-03-29T07:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-most-wishlisted-game-on-steam"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:43:21","slug":"stray-claws-its-way-into-the-top-spot-on-steam-wishlists-taking-over-the-day-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stray-claws-its-way-into-the-top-spot-on-steam-wishlists-taking-over-the-day-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Stray claws its way into the top spot on Steam wishlists, taking over The Day Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/stray-claws-its-way-into-the-top-spot-on-steam-wishlists-taking-over-the-day-before.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Stray<\/strong> has taken over <strong>The Day Before<\/strong> as the most wishlisted game on Steam, following on from controversy involving the latter using unpaid volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Early last month, <strong>BlueTwelve Studio<\/strong> announced that there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-release-date-confirmed-for-july-19\">finally a release date<\/a> for the highly anticipated cyberpunk cat game. And as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamesn.com\/stray\/steam-wishlist\">PCGamesN<\/a>, highly anticipated really isn&#8217;t an understatement, as Stray recently hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/stats\/mostwished\/\">most wishlisted spot on Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stray wasn&#8217;t particularly far behind anyway, only sitting in second place prior to this week, but now it&#8217;s essentially the most popular upcoming PC title. We can&#8217;t exactly blame anyone either, as in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-preview\">recent hands-off preview<\/a>, Stray looks like it&#8217;s shaping up to be something pretty special.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-most-wishlisted-game-on-steam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stray-most-wishlisted-game-on-steam\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stray has taken over The Day Before as the most wishlisted game on Steam, following on from controversy involving the latter using unpaid volunteers. Early last month, BlueTwelve Studio announced that there was finally a release date for the highly anticipated cyberpunk cat game. And as reported by PCGamesN, highly anticipated really isn&#8217;t an understatement, as Stray recently hit the most wishlisted spot on Steam. Stray wasn&#8217;t particularly far behind anyway, only sitting in second place prior to this week, but now it&#8217;s essentially the most popular upcoming PC title. We can&#8217;t exactly blame anyone either, as in a recent hands-off preview, Stray looks like it&#8217;s shaping up to be something pretty special. 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