Niche hub
548 games carry the tag · 43 released in the last 12 months (vs 246 the year before) · median price $11.99
crowded. Crowded space: 43 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 8,766 units (middle half 3,529–29,667). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 53% 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
Stardew ValleySchedule IARK: Survival AscendedSupermarket TogetherSupermarket SimulatorFarming Simulator 25inZOIFields of Mistria
Aggregated over 34,944 stored reviews from 398 games.
The top 5 games hold 68% of the niche's 2,396,829 reviews; it takes 19 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stardew Valley | 2016 | 1,018,684 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Schedule I | 2025 | 309,552 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 2023 | 114,139 | Mixed |
| Supermarket Together | 2024 | 96,209 | Very Positive |
| Supermarket Simulator | 2025 | 83,374 | Very Positive |
| Farming Simulator 25 | 2024 | 55,699 | Very Positive |
| inZOI | 2025 | 32,107 | Mostly Positive |
| Fields of Mistria | 2024 | 29,009 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Tiny Glade | 2024 | 24,237 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Thronefall | 2024 | 23,380 | 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.