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162 games carry the tag · 9 released in the last 12 months (vs 96 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 9 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 7,590 units (middle half 3,757–19,810). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +100%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Supermarket TogetherSupermarket SimulatorTCG Card Shop SimulatorRusty's RetirementTiny PastureChillquariumDigseumArctic Eggs
Aggregated over 9,364 stored reviews from 159 games.
The top 5 games hold 72% of the niche's 348,125 reviews; it takes 10 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supermarket Together | 2024 | 96,209 | Very Positive |
| Supermarket Simulator | 2025 | 83,374 | Very Positive |
| TCG Card Shop Simulator | 2024 | 48,752 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Rusty's Retirement | 2024 | 14,738 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Tiny Pasture | 2025 | 8,521 | Very Positive |
| Chillquarium | 2023 | 8,298 | Very Positive |
| Digseum | 2024 | 8,045 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Arctic Eggs | 2024 | 5,988 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Ropuka's Idle Island | 2025 | 4,186 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| HENPRI | 2025 | 3,991 | 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.