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Economy games on Steam

328 games carry the tag · 28 released in the last 12 months (vs 177 the year before) · median price $11.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

crowded. Crowded space: 28 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 8,387 units (middle half 4,345–26,239). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.

What would change this: About 32% 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

Supermarket TogetherSupermarket SimulatorFarming Simulator 25TCG Card Shop SimulatorA Game About Digging A Hole™Age of History 3Rusty's RetirementPlanet Coaster 2

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 20,990 stored reviews from 323 games.

Content & longevity70% positive · 6,509 mentions · 319 games
Gameplay & mechanics73% positive · 6,395 mentions · 320 games
Performance & stability57% positive · 6,294 mentions · 311 games
Price & value65% positive · 4,885 mentions · 315 games
Visuals & audio79% positive · 4,459 mentions · 310 games
Controls & UI61% positive · 3,360 mentions · 301 games
Difficulty & balance68% positive · 3,321 mentions · 307 games
Story & writing75% positive · 3,239 mentions · 286 games
Multiplayer & community79% positive · 1,687 mentions · 245 games

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 49% of the niche's 619,289 reviews; it takes 34 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Economy games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Supermarket Together 2024 96,209 Very Positive
Supermarket Simulator 2025 83,374 Very Positive
Farming Simulator 25 2024 55,699 Very Positive
TCG Card Shop Simulator 2024 48,752 Overwhelmingly Positive
A Game About Digging A Hole™ 2025 19,872 Very Positive
Age of History 3 2024 18,411 Very Positive
Rusty's Retirement 2024 14,738 Overwhelmingly Positive
Planet Coaster 2 2024 14,082 Mostly Positive
Two Point Museum 2025 12,928 Overwhelmingly Positive
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023 10,264 Very 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.