Niche hub
316 games carry the tag · 23 released in the last 12 months (vs 130 the year before) · median price $12.99
crowded. Crowded space: 23 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 6,888 units (middle half 3,330–20,435). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 30% 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
Lethal CompanyHadesPath of Exile 2Slay the SpireContent WarningDiablo® IVAI LIMITDeadzone: Rogue
Aggregated over 21,459 stored reviews from 311 games.
The top 5 games hold 79% of the niche's 1,789,843 reviews; it takes 6 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Company | 2023 | 509,899 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Hades | 2020 | 306,828 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 223,542 | Mostly Positive |
| Slay the Spire | 2019 | 216,735 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Content Warning | 2024 | 161,938 | Very Positive |
| Diablo® IV | 2023 | 74,374 | Mixed |
| AI LIMIT | 2025 | 36,292 | Very Positive |
| Deadzone: Rogue | 2025 | 16,093 | Very Positive |
| DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION | 2023 | 13,768 | Very Positive |
| FlyKnight | 2025 | 11,587 | 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.