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266 games carry the tag · 17 released in the last 12 months (vs 107 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 17 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 7,689 units (middle half 3,610–29,075). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +12%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
R.E.P.O.Chained TogetherThe Last of Us™ Part II RemasteredAI LIMITBlazBlue Entropy EffectTom Clancy’s The Division® 2Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete EditionThe Forever Winter
Aggregated over 18,640 stored reviews from 261 games.
The top 5 games hold 61% of the niche's 983,616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.E.P.O. | 2025 | 413,079 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Chained Together | 2024 | 62,904 | Very Positive |
| The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered | 2025 | 53,174 | Very Positive |
| AI LIMIT | 2025 | 36,292 | Very Positive |
| BlazBlue Entropy Effect | 2024 | 35,684 | Very Positive |
| Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 | 2023 | 35,176 | Mostly Positive |
| Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition | 2024 | 29,802 | Very Positive |
| The Forever Winter | 2024 | 24,483 | Mixed |
| Sunkenland | 2023 | 23,636 | Very Positive |
| Drive Beyond Horizons | 2025 | 19,833 | 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.