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314 games carry the tag · 18 released in the last 12 months (vs 141 the year before) · median price $11.99
balanced. Balanced space: 18 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 10,828 units (middle half 4,336–33,880). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +44%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Black Myth: WukongHadesPath of Exile 2Diablo® IVGod of War RagnarökAI LIMITBlazBlue Entropy EffectFINAL FANTASY XVI
Aggregated over 23,991 stored reviews from 311 games.
The top 5 games hold 75% of the niche's 2,492,921 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Myth: Wukong | 2024 | 1,203,780 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Hades | 2020 | 306,828 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 223,542 | Mostly Positive |
| Diablo® IV | 2023 | 74,374 | Mixed |
| God of War Ragnarök | 2024 | 48,737 | Very Positive |
| AI LIMIT | 2025 | 36,292 | Very Positive |
| BlazBlue Entropy Effect | 2024 | 35,684 | Very Positive |
| FINAL FANTASY XVI | 2024 | 32,694 | Mostly Positive |
| Halls of Torment | 2024 | 31,681 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | 2025 | 31,602 | 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.