Niche hub
1,074 games carry the tag · 45 released in the last 12 months (vs 423 the year before) · median price $11.99
crowded. Crowded space: 45 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 5,996 units (middle half 3,010–20,760). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 69% 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
Dota 2Black Myth: WukongMonster Hunter WildsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Slay the SpireSplit FictionDragon's Dogma 2ARK: Survival Ascended
Aggregated over 48,594 stored reviews from 395 games.
The top 5 games hold 73% of the niche's 6,476,916 reviews; it takes 10 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dota 2 | 2013 | 2,734,724 | Very Positive |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 2024 | 1,203,780 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | 2025 | 325,653 | Mixed |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | 2024 | 219,717 | Very Positive |
| Slay the Spire | 2019 | 216,735 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Split Fiction | 2025 | 124,403 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 2024 | 115,734 | Mixed |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 2023 | 114,139 | Mixed |
| Diablo® IV | 2023 | 74,374 | Mixed |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered | 2025 | 69,369 | Mostly 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.