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269 games carry the tag · 7 released in the last 12 months (vs 108 the year before) · median price $9.99
underserved. Underserved space: 7 releases in the last year, yet the median game reaches an estimated 7,713 units (middle half 3,412–19,593). Demand is outrunning supply — a well-made entry has room to land.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +14%) or a falling median would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Persona 3 ReloadJudgmentNo Case Should Remain UnsolvedLost JudgmentThe Roottrees are DeadGhost Trick: Phantom DetectiveBreakout 13Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Aggregated over 14,556 stored reviews from 249 games.
The top 5 games hold 39% of the niche's 259,353 reviews; it takes 43 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 | 60,377 | Very Positive |
| Judgment | 2022 | 11,984 | Very Positive |
| No Case Should Remain Unsolved | 2024 | 10,413 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Lost Judgment | 2022 | 9,514 | Very Positive |
| The Roottrees are Dead | 2025 | 9,488 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | 2023 | 8,398 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Breakout 13 | 2023 | 7,463 | Very Positive |
| Duck Detective: The Secret Salami | 2024 | 6,661 | Very Positive |
| Urban Myth Dissolution Center | 2025 | 6,162 | Very Positive |
| Threefold Recital | 2025 | 5,673 | 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.