Niche hub
148 games carry the tag · 7 released in the last 12 months (vs 53 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 7 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 5,453 units (middle half 2,968–13,047). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +86%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Age of History 3The Farmer Was ReplacedSchool DaysContractVilleChill PulseShip Graveyard Simulator 2MEMOLOGY: GOYDABeltmatic
Aggregated over 6,740 stored reviews from 145 games.
The top 5 games hold 49% of the niche's 93,325 reviews; it takes 29 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age of History 3 | 2024 | 18,411 | Very Positive |
| The Farmer Was Replaced | 2025 | 8,918 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| School Days | 2026 | 7,774 | Mostly Positive |
| ContractVille | 2025 | 6,128 | Very Positive |
| Chill Pulse | 2024 | 4,802 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 | 2023 | 4,071 | Mostly Positive |
| MEMOLOGY: GOYDA | 2024 | 2,209 | Very Positive |
| Beltmatic | 2024 | 2,182 | Very Positive |
| East Trade Tycoon: Inheritance | 2024 | 2,078 | Very Positive |
| Sand:box | 2023 | 1,690 | Very Positive |
Combine Education with other tags — and exclusions — in the segment workspace, or describe your concept and get this verdict on your exact combo.
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.