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Music games on Steam

179 games carry the tag · 1 released in the last 12 months (vs 49 the year before) · median price $6.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

underserved. Underserved space: 1 releases in the last year, yet among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,452 units (middle half 713–6,426). Demand is outrunning supply — a well-made entry has room to land.

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 +500%) or a falling median would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: medium

The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games

Black Myth: WukongSpirit City: Lofi SessionsGhostrunner 2My Dream SetupTony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 1 + 2I commissioned some bees 0Ropuka's Idle IslandMini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 6,165 stored reviews from 173 games.

Visuals & audio88% positive · 3,377 mentions · 169 games
Gameplay & mechanics80% positive · 1,974 mentions · 154 games
Story & writing83% positive · 1,940 mentions · 126 games
Price & value80% positive · 1,425 mentions · 137 games
Content & longevity81% positive · 1,069 mentions · 141 games
Controls & UI75% positive · 823 mentions · 131 games
Difficulty & balance81% positive · 793 mentions · 131 games
Performance & stability69% positive · 736 mentions · 121 games
Multiplayer & community82% positive · 472 mentions · 75 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 97% of the niche's 1,293,883 reviews; it takes 1 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Music games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Black Myth: Wukong 2024 1,212,910 Overwhelmingly Positive
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions 2024 16,852 Overwhelmingly Positive
Ghostrunner 2 2023 11,632 Mostly Positive
My Dream Setup 2023 6,986 Very Positive
Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 1 + 2 2023 4,676 Very Positive
I commissioned some bees 0 2023 4,627 Overwhelmingly Positive
Ropuka's Idle Island 2025 4,318 Overwhelmingly Positive
Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi 2025 3,773 Overwhelmingly Positive
Everhood 2 2025 2,397 Mostly Positive
Ithya: Magic Studies 2025 2,214 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.