Niche hub
2,410 games carry the tag · 62 released in the last 12 months (vs 937 the year before) · median price $8.99
crowded. Crowded space: 62 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 5,874 units (middle half 3,112–16,496). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 79% fewer releases over a year — or a clearly rising median — would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Stardew ValleySlay the SpireBalatroMiSidePizza TowerYour Only Move Is HUSTLEHoloCure - Save the Fans!BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Aggregated over 42,316 stored reviews from 396 games.
The top 5 games hold 47% of the niche's 3,465,970 reviews; it takes 150 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stardew Valley | 2016 | 1,018,684 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Slay the Spire | 2019 | 216,735 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Balatro | 2024 | 194,032 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| MiSide | 2024 | 140,521 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Pizza Tower | 2023 | 72,236 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Your Only Move Is HUSTLE | 2023 | 44,116 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| HoloCure - Save the Fans! | 2023 | 40,561 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| BlazBlue Entropy Effect | 2024 | 35,684 | Very Positive |
| Halls of Torment | 2024 | 31,681 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Fields of Mistria | 2024 | 29,009 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
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Counts are measured (reviews, releases, prices); concentration is review-share, not an index; momentum is new-review pace between our own daily observations, computed across the segment's 400 most-reviewed games.