Niche hub
1,540 games carry the tag · 17 released in the last 12 months (vs 414 the year before) · median price $5.99
crowded. Crowded space: 17 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,131 units (middle half 629–3,034). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
Unit medians are estimates, among games that reached 10+ reviews — most never do · how we estimate
What would change this: About 41% 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
Pizza TowerBlazBlue Entropy EffectBlasphemous 2SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS魔女的夜宴NevaAnomaly AgentRivals of Aether II
Aggregated over 18,925 stored reviews from 364 games.
Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.
The top 5 games hold 37% of the niche's 427,947 reviews; it takes 93 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza Tower | 2023 | 72,811 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| BlazBlue Entropy Effect | 2024 | 36,674 | Very Positive |
| Blasphemous 2 | 2023 | 21,799 | Very Positive |
| SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS | 2024 | 15,709 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| 魔女的夜宴 | 2023 | 11,850 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Neva | 2024 | 10,729 | Very Positive |
| Anomaly Agent | 2024 | 10,038 | Very Positive |
| Rivals of Aether II | 2024 | 10,029 | Mostly Positive |
| Thank Goodness You're Here! | 2024 | 8,527 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo | 2023 | 7,323 | 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.