Niche hub
2,879 games carry the tag · 40 released in the last 12 months (vs 960 the year before) · median price $4.99
crowded. Crowded space: 40 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,746 units (middle half 802–5,579). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
Unit medians are estimates, among games that reached 10+ reviews — most never do · how we estimate
What would change this: About 60% 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 CompanyR.E.P.O.Resident Evil 4Path of Exile 2Escape the BackroomsContent WarningMiSideBuckshot Roulette
Aggregated over 51,650 stored reviews from 399 games.
Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.
The top 5 games hold 44% of the niche's 3,678,627 reviews; it takes 42 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Company | 2023 | 511,155 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| R.E.P.O. | 2025 | 426,381 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Resident Evil 4 | 2023 | 280,257 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 226,893 | Mostly Positive |
| Escape the Backrooms | 2025 | 167,098 | Very Positive |
| Content Warning | 2024 | 163,665 | Very Positive |
| MiSide | 2024 | 142,819 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Buckshot Roulette | 2024 | 126,694 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Bodycam | 2024 | 67,455 | Very Positive |
| SILENT HILL 2 | 2024 | 65,856 | Very Positive |
Combine Horror 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.