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178 games carry the tag · 15 released in the last 12 months (vs 70 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 15 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 10,778 units (middle half 3,566–33,017). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +73%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Path of Exile 2Diablo® IVTom Clancy’s The Division® 2Death Must DieBackpack BattlesA Game About Digging A Hole™WitchfireDeadzone: Rogue
Aggregated over 11,828 stored reviews from 167 games.
The top 5 games hold 64% of the niche's 583,920 reviews; it takes 12 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Path of Exile 2 | 2024 | 223,542 | Mostly Positive |
| Diablo® IV | 2023 | 74,374 | Mixed |
| Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 | 2023 | 35,176 | Mostly Positive |
| Death Must Die | 2023 | 21,653 | Very Positive |
| Backpack Battles | 2025 | 20,515 | Very Positive |
| A Game About Digging A Hole™ | 2025 | 19,872 | Very Positive |
| Witchfire | 2024 | 16,754 | Very Positive |
| Deadzone: Rogue | 2025 | 16,093 | Very Positive |
| FlyKnight | 2025 | 11,587 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Rabbit and Steel | 2024 | 11,422 | Overwhelmingly 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.