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89 games carry the tag · 3 released in the last 12 months (vs 34 the year before) · median price $9.99
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 2,637 stored reviews from 83 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 64% of the niche's 30,729 reviews; it takes 14 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator | 2023 | 9,409 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Fantasy Map Simulator | 2024 | 4,363 | Very Positive |
| Ascension | 2025 | 2,703 | Mixed |
| MEMORIAPOLIS | 2025 | 1,806 | Mostly Positive |
| Immortal Family | 2024 | 1,414 | Mixed |
| The Darkest Files | 2025 | 761 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Technotopia | 2024 | 732 | Very Positive |
| Geo-Political Simulator 5 | 2024 | 715 | Mostly Negative |
| Power & Revolution 2023 Edition | 2023 | 649 | Mixed |
| Solar Nations 2 | 2025 | 634 | 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.