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826 games carry the tag · 30 released in the last 12 months (vs 346 the year before) · median price $6.99
crowded. Crowded space: 30 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 6,237 units (middle half 3,163–18,796). 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
Resident Evil 4Path of Exile 2ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNBuckshot RoulettePersona 3 ReloadThe Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming DynastyLiar's BarThe Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
Aggregated over 38,984 stored reviews from 399 games.
The top 5 games hold 46% of the niche's 1,897,853 reviews; it takes 33 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil 4 | 2023 | 268,894 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 223,542 | Mostly Positive |
| ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | 2025 | 188,420 | Very Positive |
| Buckshot Roulette | 2024 | 122,929 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Persona 3 Reload | 2024 | 60,377 | Very Positive |
| The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty | 2024 | 59,693 | Very Positive |
| Liar's Bar | 2024 | 55,950 | Very Positive |
| The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered | 2025 | 53,174 | Very Positive |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| Inside the Backrooms | 2022 | 46,631 | 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.