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Adventure games on Steam

6,826 games carry the tag · 96 released in the last 12 months (vs 2,108 the year before) · median price $6.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

crowded. Crowded space: 96 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,515 units (middle half 757–4,958). 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 85% 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: WukongCyberpunk 2077Baldur's Gate 3Lethal CompanyMonster Hunter WildsResident Evil 4Grand Theft Auto V EnhancedWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 68,808 stored reviews from 398 games.

Story & writing82% positive · 33,329 mentions · 395 games
Gameplay & mechanics79% positive · 26,601 mentions · 390 games
Visuals & audio83% positive · 21,682 mentions · 394 games
Content & longevity76% positive · 13,990 mentions · 390 games
Price & value75% positive · 13,352 mentions · 384 games
Performance & stability57% positive · 12,757 mentions · 385 games
Controls & UI66% positive · 7,254 mentions · 383 games
Difficulty & balance75% positive · 7,200 mentions · 378 games
Multiplayer & community75% positive · 6,768 mentions · 325 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.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 40% of the niche's 9,568,050 reviews; it takes 79 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Adventure games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Black Myth: Wukong 2024 1,212,910 Overwhelmingly Positive
Cyberpunk 2077 2020 951,165 Very Positive
Baldur's Gate 3 2023 860,030 Overwhelmingly Positive
Lethal Company 2023 511,155 Overwhelmingly Positive
Monster Hunter Wilds 2025 332,140 Mixed
Resident Evil 4 2023 280,257 Overwhelmingly Positive
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced 2025 228,291 Very Positive
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 2024 227,320 Very Positive
Path of Exile 2 2024 226,893 Mostly Positive
Escape the Backrooms 2025 167,098 Very Positive

Go deeper

Combine Adventure with other tags — and exclusions — in the segment workspace, or describe your concept and get this verdict on your exact combo.

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.