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704 games carry the tag · 22 released in the last 12 months (vs 248 the year before) · median price $7.99
crowded. Crowded space: 22 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 5,379 units (middle half 2,940–19,179). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 45% 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
BalatroMortal Kombat 1Deep Rock Galactic: SurvivorHoloCure - Save the Fans!Halls of TormentSifuSoulstone SurvivorsThe Crew Motorfest
Aggregated over 34,016 stored reviews from 399 games.
The top 5 games hold 39% of the niche's 929,771 reviews; it takes 62 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balatro | 2024 | 194,032 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | 2023 | 48,640 | Mostly Positive |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| HoloCure - Save the Fans! | 2023 | 40,561 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Halls of Torment | 2024 | 31,681 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Sifu | 2023 | 28,114 | Very Positive |
| Soulstone Survivors | 2025 | 26,648 | Very Positive |
| The Crew Motorfest | 2024 | 24,790 | Mostly Positive |
| NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE | 2024 | 22,224 | Very Positive |
| Nubby's Number Factory | 2025 | 19,100 | 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.