Niche hub
327 games carry the tag · 15 released in the last 12 months (vs 151 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 15 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 7,661 units (middle half 3,468–25,483). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +27%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Counter-Strike 2Dota 2Black Myth: WukongHadesSlay the SpireBalatroPizza TowerThe First Berserker: Khazan
Aggregated over 22,154 stored reviews from 325 games.
The top 5 games hold 95% of the niche's 14,960,418 reviews; it takes 2 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2012 | 9,752,006 | Very Positive |
| Dota 2 | 2013 | 2,734,724 | Very Positive |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 2024 | 1,203,780 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Hades | 2020 | 306,828 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Slay the Spire | 2019 | 216,735 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Balatro | 2024 | 194,032 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Pizza Tower | 2023 | 72,236 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | 2025 | 31,602 | Very Positive |
| Sifu | 2023 | 28,114 | Very Positive |
| LIZARDS MUST DIE | 2023 | 26,458 | 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.