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Psychedelic games on Steam

470 games carry the tag · 2 released in the last 12 months (vs 146 the year before) · median price $4.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

underserved. Underserved space: 2 releases in the last year, yet among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,671 units (middle half 802–4,706). Demand is outrunning supply — a well-made entry has room to land.

Unit medians are estimates, among games that reached 10+ reviews — most never do · how we estimate

What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +250%) or a falling median would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: high

The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games

The NOexistenceN of you AND meThe Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-ANEURISM IVPsychopomp GOLDChill PulsePicayune DreamsI commissioned some bees 0Anger Foot

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 12,494 stored reviews from 381 games.

Visuals & audio88% positive · 6,413 mentions · 372 games
Story & writing84% positive · 5,721 mentions · 329 games
Gameplay & mechanics83% positive · 4,148 mentions · 350 games
Price & value80% positive · 2,296 mentions · 327 games
Content & longevity80% positive · 1,807 mentions · 293 games
Performance & stability71% positive · 1,453 mentions · 281 games
Controls & UI77% positive · 1,346 mentions · 283 games
Difficulty & balance81% positive · 1,071 mentions · 262 games
Multiplayer & community73% positive · 565 mentions · 139 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.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 36% of the niche's 131,571 reviews; it takes 47 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Psychedelic games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
The NOexistenceN of you AND me 2024 22,306 Very Positive
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- 2025 8,728 Very Positive
ANEURISM IV 2025 6,315 Mostly Positive
Psychopomp GOLD 2024 5,426 Overwhelmingly Positive
Chill Pulse 2024 4,839 Overwhelmingly Positive
Picayune Dreams 2023 4,667 Overwhelmingly Positive
I commissioned some bees 0 2023 4,627 Overwhelmingly Positive
Anger Foot 2024 4,141 Very Positive
STANDBOX 2023 3,111 Very Positive
Insomnia: Theater in the Head 2022 3,057 Overwhelmingly 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.