Niche hub
1,252 games carry the tag · 8 released in the last 12 months (vs 327 the year before) · median price $4.99
balanced. Balanced space: 8 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,247 units (middle half 683–2,985). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
Unit medians are estimates, among games that reached 10+ reviews — most never do · how we estimate
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +63%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Your Only Move Is HUSTLEThronefallNodebusterNothingAliya: TimelinkThe Farmer Was ReplacedDigseumMy Dream Setup
Aggregated over 19,897 stored reviews from 391 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 34% of the niche's 302,635 reviews; it takes 93 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your Only Move Is HUSTLE | 2023 | 45,594 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Thronefall | 2024 | 23,769 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Nodebuster | 2024 | 14,084 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Nothing | 2024 | 9,965 | Very Positive |
| Aliya: Timelink | 2024 | 9,693 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| The Farmer Was Replaced | 2025 | 9,652 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Digseum | 2024 | 8,171 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| My Dream Setup | 2023 | 6,982 | Very Positive |
| POOLS | 2024 | 6,721 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| A Castle Full of Cats | 2022 | 4,536 | 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.