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1,257 games carry the tag · 23 released in the last 12 months (vs 479 the year before) · median price $6.99
crowded. Crowded space: 23 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 5,503 units (middle half 3,029–15,840). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 48% fewer releases over a year — or a clearly rising median — would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
MiSideBuckshot RouletteLiar's BarBackrooms: Escape TogetherInside the BackroomsThe Coffin of Andy and LeyleyWe Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShipIndiana Jones and the Great Circle
Aggregated over 38,022 stored reviews from 398 games.
The top 5 games hold 33% of the niche's 1,263,760 reviews; it takes 135 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiSide | 2024 | 140,521 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Buckshot Roulette | 2024 | 122,929 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Liar's Bar | 2024 | 55,950 | Very Positive |
| Backrooms: Escape Together | 2022 | 47,081 | Very Positive |
| Inside the Backrooms | 2022 | 46,631 | Mostly Positive |
| The Coffin of Andy and Leyley | 2023 | 38,706 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip | 2023 | 23,998 | Very Positive |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 2024 | 20,021 | Very Positive |
| LOCKDOWN Protocol | 2025 | 19,718 | Very Positive |
| Nubby's Number Factory | 2025 | 19,100 | 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.