Niche hub
536 games carry the tag · 35 released in the last 12 months (vs 229 the year before) · median price $12.99
crowded. Crowded space: 35 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 9,971 units (middle half 3,780–39,811). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 34% 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
Dota 2Cyberpunk 2077Monster Hunter WildsSchedule IPath of Exile 2Dragon's Dogma 2ARK: Survival AscendedWEBFISHING
Aggregated over 40,060 stored reviews from 394 games.
The top 5 games hold 76% of the niche's 5,984,959 reviews; it takes 8 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dota 2 | 2013 | 2,734,724 | Very Positive |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2020 | 951,165 | Very Positive |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | 2025 | 325,653 | Mixed |
| Schedule I | 2025 | 309,552 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 223,542 | Mostly Positive |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 2024 | 115,734 | Mixed |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 2023 | 114,139 | Mixed |
| WEBFISHING | 2024 | 70,281 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered | 2025 | 69,369 | Mostly Positive |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | 2023 | 48,640 | Mostly 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.