Dear Passengers Wishlist Timeline: 700K to Over 3 Million

Verified sequence:FLEXUS reported 700,000 wishlists after 36 hours, one million within two days, 1.5 million on July 20, and two million plus a Steam Top 6 position on July 31. On August 27, FLEXUS officially posted that the game had reached No. 4 on Steam. On September 6 (UTC+8), the studio announced a Top 3 most-wishlisted position. A direct check of Steam's public chart on September 21 still showed No. 3. FLEXUS's QA Engineer (PC) recruitment listing dated October 27 subsequently reports over three million wishlists. FLEXUS then shared a No. 2 chart screenshot on October 29; our November 8 check of Steam's public chart showed the same rank. Total reports and dated chart positions remain separate; neither is sales or retention data.

1. July 15, 2026700,000

   FLEXUS said the game reached 700,000 wishlists in its first 36 hours.

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2. July 17, 20261,000,000

   FLEXUS announced one million wishlists and a Steam Top 25 position within two days.

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3. July 20, 20261,500,000

   The official Steam announcement marked another half-million reported additions.

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4. July 31, 20262,000,000

   FLEXUS reported two million wishlists and a Steam Top 6 position.

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5. August 27, 2026Steam No. 4

   FLEXUS officially posted that Dear Passengers had reached No. 4 on Steam.

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6. September 6, 2026 (UTC+8)Steam Top 3

   FLEXUS announced a Top 3 most-wishlisted position. The post is September 5 in UTC; no new wishlist total was announced.

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7. September 21, 2026Steam No. 3 snapshot

   A direct check of Steam's public Top Wishlists chart still placed Dear Passengers at No. 3. This is a volatile chart snapshot, not a new FLEXUS announcement or wishlist total.

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8. October 27, 2026Over 3,000,000

   FLEXUS’s QA Engineer (PC) recruitment listing dated October 27 reports more than three million Dear Passengers wishlists. This is the listing date; the day the milestone was first reached is not specified.

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9. October 29, 2026Steam No. 2

   FLEXUS shared a SteamDB chart screenshot placing Dear Passengers second, behind Deadlock and ahead of Light No Fire. The post did not announce a new wishlist total or release date.

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10. November 8, 2026Steam No. 2 snapshot

    Our direct check of Steam's public Top Wishlists chart showed the same order: Deadlock, Dear Passengers, then Light No Fire. This is a dated storefront observation, not a new developer announcement or wishlist total.

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Why the sequence is worth recording

A single round number is easy to repeat without context. A timeline is more useful because each point can be tied to a date and a publisher-controlled page. It also prevents two common errors: assigning the later total to an earlier announcement, and treating “close to two million” from the July 22 teaser as if FLEXUS had already announced the milestone.

The sequence shows that the largest reported burst happened immediately after the reveal, followed by continued additions through the end of July and a later recruitment claim of over three million. Calculating an exact daily curve would still be misleading because these are isolated reports. We do not know the total on the days between them, when each Steam ranking was captured, or whether FLEXUS used the same measurement cutoff for every post.

Over three million in the October 27 recruitment listing

FLEXUS's Work.ua listing for a QA Engineer (PC) says Dear Passengers has collected more than three million wishlists. October 27, 2026 is the date displayed on that recruitment listing, not a confirmed date when the game crossed three million. The listing gives no exact total, measurement cutoff, or live Steam counter.

October 29: No. 2, checked again on November 8

FLEXUS's October 29 X post contains a SteamDB ranking screenshot showing Dear Passengers between Deadlock and Light No Fire. Our November 8 check of Steam's own public Top Wishlists chart showed the same order. The post date and our verification date are separate checkpoints; neither establishes exactly when the game first moved into second place.

This adds a ranking milestone, not a new wishlist count. The post gives no new total, release date, price, or demo access. The earlier recruitment report of over three million remains a separately attributed figure, and the live chart can change after our check.

What a Steam wishlist means

A wishlist records user interest and lets Steam notify that user about relevant store events. It is not a purchase, active-player count, review, concurrent user, or guaranteed conversion. Some users may never buy; others may wait for a demo, discount, platform announcement, or friend group. The milestone is therefore a demand signal rather than revenue.

The ranking has a similar limit. “Top 6” describes the position FLEXUS reported on July 31; “No. 4” describes the position FLEXUS reported on August 27; “Top 3” is its September 6 (UTC+8) announcement, dated September 5 in UTC. Steam's public chart still displayed Dear Passengers at No. 3 when checked on September 21. None is permanent. Rankings can move as other games launch campaigns or release, so every placement needs a date and a source.

What the numbers do not prove

• They do not reveal paid sales or launch revenue.
• They do not establish a release date, price, or conversion rate.
• They do not prove the maximum player count or any unannounced feature.
• They do not measure demo quality, retention, or long-term review sentiment.
• They do not guarantee that every wishlist is unique, active, or still present.
• They do not make third-party estimates equivalent to Steam's private data.

Milestone math, with the correct caveats

The published checkpoints imply at least 300,000 additional reported wishlists between the 700,000 and one-million posts, 500,000 between one million and 1.5 million, and another 500,000 by July 31. Those differences are arithmetic on public claims, not a complete acquisition dataset. There is no basis for assigning each increase to a specific trailer, country, creator, or channel without analytics from FLEXUS.

What could change the story next

Another wishlist post would extend the same pre-release series. A public demo would add a different kind of evidence: players could evaluate how the systems feel rather than only how widely the trailer spread. Release would introduce price, purchases, reviews, concurrent players, patches, and retention signals. Those measurements answer different questions and should not be merged into one popularity number.

For current availability rather than popularity, use the release and demo tracker. To audit each milestone alongside other site claims, open the official source ledger.