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Action-Adventure games on Steam

1,014 games carry the tag · 31 released in the last 12 months (vs 410 the year before) · median price $9.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

crowded. Crowded space: 31 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 7,178 units (middle half 3,264–24,791). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.

What would change this: About 48% 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

Black Myth: WukongLethal CompanySchedule IResident Evil 4Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Content WarningSplit FictionDragon's Dogma 2

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 46,666 stored reviews from 397 games.

Gameplay & mechanics78% positive · 20,490 mentions · 392 games
Story & writing80% positive · 19,972 mentions · 392 games
Visuals & audio81% positive · 15,618 mentions · 393 games
Content & longevity75% positive · 10,349 mentions · 389 games
Performance & stability61% positive · 9,097 mentions · 384 games
Price & value72% positive · 8,767 mentions · 386 games
Controls & UI65% positive · 6,691 mentions · 376 games
Difficulty & balance75% positive · 5,716 mentions · 382 games
Multiplayer & community79% positive · 5,086 mentions · 315 games

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 53% of the niche's 4,746,692 reviews; it takes 30 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Action-Adventure games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Black Myth: Wukong 2024 1,203,780 Overwhelmingly Positive
Lethal Company 2023 509,899 Overwhelmingly Positive
Schedule I 2025 309,552 Overwhelmingly Positive
Resident Evil 4 2023 268,894 Overwhelmingly Positive
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 2024 219,717 Very Positive
Content Warning 2024 161,938 Very Positive
Split Fiction 2025 124,403 Overwhelmingly Positive
Dragon's Dogma 2 2024 115,734 Mixed
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT 2024 94,597 Very Positive
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered 2025 69,369 Mostly 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.