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182 games carry the tag · 6 released in the last 12 months (vs 75 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 6 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 5,874 units (middle half 3,069–25,304). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +133%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
WEBFISHINGMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024Blasphemous 2PseudoregaliaElinS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced EditionBloody HellPOOLS
Aggregated over 11,493 stored reviews from 178 games.
The top 5 games hold 57% of the niche's 245,762 reviews; it takes 21 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBFISHING | 2024 | 70,284 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | 2024 | 21,302 | Mixed |
| Blasphemous 2 | 2023 | 20,559 | Very Positive |
| Pseudoregalia | 2023 | 18,605 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Elin | 2024 | 9,034 | Very Positive |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition | 2025 | 8,404 | Mixed |
| Bloody Hell | 2023 | 6,899 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| POOLS | 2024 | 6,528 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition | 2025 | 3,986 | Mixed |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Enhanced Edition | 2025 | 3,358 | Mixed |
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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.