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178 games carry the tag · 7 released in the last 12 months (vs 78 the year before) · median price $7.99
balanced. Balanced space: 7 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 7,173 units (middle half 3,663–20,805). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +143%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Lethal CompanyR.E.P.O.HadesLOCKDOWN ProtocolNuclear NightmareWhite KnuckleAliya: TimelinkInto the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Aggregated over 11,107 stored reviews from 177 games.
The top 5 games hold 90% of the niche's 1,410,105 reviews; it takes 3 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Company | 2023 | 509,899 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| R.E.P.O. | 2025 | 413,079 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Hades | 2020 | 306,828 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| LOCKDOWN Protocol | 2025 | 19,718 | Very Positive |
| Nuclear Nightmare | 2024 | 18,810 | Very Positive |
| White Knuckle | 2025 | 13,380 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Aliya: Timelink | 2024 | 9,410 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days | 2025 | 9,284 | Very Positive |
| Elin | 2024 | 9,034 | Very Positive |
| Quasimorph | 2023 | 6,353 | Very 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.