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498 games carry the tag · 7 released in the last 12 months (vs 187 the year before) · median price $8.99
balanced. Balanced space: 7 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 5,491 units (middle half 3,020–13,940). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +86%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · 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 17,445 stored reviews from 362 games.
The top 5 games hold 38% of the niche's 406,242 reviews; it takes 69 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza Tower | 2023 | 72,236 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| BlazBlue Entropy Effect | 2024 | 35,684 | Very Positive |
| Blasphemous 2 | 2023 | 20,559 | Very Positive |
| SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS | 2024 | 15,265 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| 魔女的夜宴 | 2023 | 11,544 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Neva | 2024 | 10,385 | Very Positive |
| Anomaly Agent | 2024 | 9,816 | Very Positive |
| Rivals of Aether II | 2024 | 9,749 | Mostly Positive |
| Thank Goodness You're Here! | 2024 | 8,263 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| To Be or Not to Be | 2022 | 8,204 | Very 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.