Niche hub
593 games carry the tag · 9 released in the last 12 months (vs 181 the year before) · median price $7.99
balanced. Balanced space: 9 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,749 units (middle half 713–6,381). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
Unit medians are estimates, among games that reached 10+ reviews — most never do · how we estimate
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +89%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Persona 3 ReloadJudgmentThe Roottrees are DeadLost JudgmentGhost Trick: Phantom DetectiveNobody Wants to DieBreakout 13Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Aggregated over 17,391 stored reviews from 375 games.
Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.
The top 5 games hold 38% of the niche's 277,440 reviews; it takes 50 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persona 3 Reload | 2024 | 64,591 | Very Positive |
| Judgment | 2022 | 12,283 | Very Positive |
| The Roottrees are Dead | 2025 | 10,228 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Lost Judgment | 2022 | 9,789 | Very Positive |
| Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | 2023 | 8,691 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Nobody Wants to Die | 2024 | 7,523 | Very Positive |
| Breakout 13 | 2023 | 7,497 | Very Positive |
| Duck Detective: The Secret Salami | 2024 | 6,722 | Very Positive |
| Urban Myth Dissolution Center | 2025 | 6,367 | Very Positive |
| Threefold Recital | 2025 | 5,803 | 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.