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402 games carry the tag · 28 released in the last 12 months (vs 184 the year before) · median price $13.99
crowded. Crowded space: 28 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 10,336 units (middle half 3,661–32,825). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 14% 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 IPath of Exile 2ARK: Survival AscendedFar Cry® 6Fields of MistriaSoulstone SurvivorsSunkenland
Aggregated over 31,652 stored reviews from 389 games.
The top 5 games hold 75% of the niche's 2,253,144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stardew Valley | 2016 | 1,018,684 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Schedule I | 2025 | 309,552 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 223,542 | Mostly Positive |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 2023 | 114,139 | Mixed |
| Far Cry® 6 | 2023 | 35,100 | Mostly Positive |
| Fields of Mistria | 2024 | 29,009 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Soulstone Survivors | 2025 | 26,648 | Very Positive |
| Sunkenland | 2023 | 23,636 | Very Positive |
| Soulmask | 2026 | 22,079 | Mostly Positive |
| A Game About Digging A Hole™ | 2025 | 19,872 | Very 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.