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150 games carry the tag · 8 released in the last 12 months (vs 54 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 8 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 5,655 units (middle half 3,465–15,408). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +75%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Lethal CompanyDeep Rock Galactic: SurvivorNuclear NightmareWall WorldCrysis 2 RemasteredCrysis 3 RemasteredSTAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic CollectionTower Dominion
Aggregated over 9,639 stored reviews from 147 games.
The top 5 games hold 90% of the niche's 668,003 reviews; it takes 2 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Company | 2023 | 509,899 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| Nuclear Nightmare | 2024 | 18,810 | Very Positive |
| Wall World | 2023 | 12,510 | Very Positive |
| Crysis 2 Remastered | 2022 | 9,305 | Very Positive |
| Crysis 3 Remastered | 2022 | 8,056 | Very Positive |
| STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | 2024 | 7,770 | Mostly Negative |
| Tower Dominion | 2025 | 5,220 | Very Positive |
| Gatekeeper | 2025 | 3,267 | Very Positive |
| Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction | 2023 | 3,142 | Mixed |
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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.