Niche hub
766 games carry the tag · 6 released in the last 12 months (vs 197 the year before) · median price $5.99
balanced. Balanced space: 6 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,069 units (middle half 641–2,395). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
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 +83%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Split FictionChained TogetherNevaThank Goodness You're Here!Threefold RecitalPICO PARK 2Vanity Fair: The PursuitGrimhook
Aggregated over 12,702 stored reviews from 378 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 68% of the niche's 318,270 reviews; it takes 16 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Fiction | 2025 | 127,579 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Chained Together | 2024 | 64,453 | Very Positive |
| Neva | 2024 | 10,729 | Very Positive |
| Thank Goodness You're Here! | 2024 | 8,527 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Threefold Recital | 2025 | 5,803 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| PICO PARK 2 | 2024 | 4,768 | Very Positive |
| Vanity Fair: The Pursuit | 2024 | 4,599 | Very Positive |
| Grimhook | 2023 | 4,225 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered | 2024 | 3,810 | Very Positive |
| Dungeons of Hinterberg | 2024 | 3,415 | 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.