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Intentionally Awkward Controls games on Steam

19 games carry the tag · 0 released in the last 12 months (vs 5 the year before) · median price $4.99

The verdict

Not enough estimated games in this niche for an honest verdict yet — a median under the coverage floor would be a lie with confidence. The counted facts below stand on their own.

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 329 stored reviews from 16 games.

Controls & UI75% positive · 117 mentions · 14 games
Gameplay & mechanics75% positive · 102 mentions · 14 games
Visuals & audio83% positive · 95 mentions · 14 games
Story & writing85% positive · 67 mentions · 13 games
Content & longevity78% positive · 60 mentions · 12 games
Price & value83% positive · 60 mentions · 11 games
Difficulty & balance77% positive · 57 mentions · 14 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.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 77% of the niche's 2,019 reviews; it takes 6 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Intentionally Awkward Controls games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
The Game of Sisyphus 2024 866 Mostly Positive
Ells Tales: Egg 2024 195 Very Positive
Slash Quest 2024 189 Very Positive
Unicycle Pizza Time! 2024 170 Very Positive
Grandma, No! 2025 137 Very Positive
Fish Hero 2024 124 Mostly Positive
Nolgorb's Ordeal 2024 67 Mostly Positive
Get Tilted! :) 2025 51 Very Positive
Three Goblin Wobblin' 2024 40 Positive
Black hole Escape 2024 25 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.