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95 games carry the tag · 2 released in the last 12 months (vs 28 the year before) · median price $8.99
Not enough estimated games in this niche for an honest verdict yet — a median under the coverage floor would be a lie with confidence. The counted facts below stand on their own.
Aggregated over 3,775 stored reviews from 93 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 63% of the niche's 39,988 reviews; it takes 10 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return to Monkey Island | 2022 | 9,117 | Very Positive |
| Sailing Era | 2023 | 5,091 | Mostly Positive |
| Cat Quest III | 2024 | 4,298 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Age of Water | 2025 | 3,522 | Mostly Positive |
| Caribbean Legend | 2024 | 3,244 | Mostly Positive |
| IfSunSets | 2024 | 2,507 | Mostly Positive |
| Miss Neko: Pirates | 2024 | 1,515 | Very Positive |
| Caribbean Crashers | 2024 | 1,468 | Mostly Positive |
| Pirate Fighting Simulator | 2023 | 914 | Very Positive |
| Ys X: Nordics | 2024 | 798 | Mostly 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.