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Immersive Sim games on Steam

700 games carry the tag · 32 released in the last 12 months (vs 349 the year before) · median price $9.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

crowded. Crowded space: 32 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 7,400 units (middle half 3,529–23,463). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.

What would change this: About 47% 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

Cyberpunk 2077Supermarket TogetherSupermarket SimulatorFarming Simulator 25TCG Card Shop SimulatorLove Is All AroundBodycamNBA 2K25

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 29,096 stored reviews from 393 games.

Story & writing81% positive · 9,122 mentions · 381 games
Performance & stability58% positive · 8,196 mentions · 367 games
Gameplay & mechanics75% positive · 8,035 mentions · 370 games
Visuals & audio81% positive · 7,553 mentions · 381 games
Content & longevity73% positive · 6,948 mentions · 369 games
Price & value67% positive · 6,736 mentions · 375 games
Controls & UI62% positive · 3,962 mentions · 355 games
Difficulty & balance70% positive · 3,127 mentions · 340 games
Multiplayer & community73% positive · 2,712 mentions · 285 games

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 58% of the niche's 2,136,954 reviews; it takes 32 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Immersive Sim games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Cyberpunk 2077 2020 951,165 Very Positive
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
Love Is All Around 2023 45,875 Very Positive
Bodycam 2024 44,392 Mostly Positive
NBA 2K25 2024 42,848 Mixed
inZOI 2025 32,107 Mostly Positive
GoreBox 2023 24,195 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.