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215 games carry the tag · 1 released in the last 12 months (vs 88 the year before) · median price $8.99
underserved. Underserved space: 1 releases in the last year, yet the median game reaches an estimated 4,686 units (middle half 2,807–12,448). Demand is outrunning supply — a well-made entry has room to land.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +400%) or a falling median would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Split FictionChained TogetherNevaThank Goodness You're Here!Threefold RecitalPICO PARK 2Vanity Fair: The PursuitGrimhook
Aggregated over 9,998 stored reviews from 205 games.
The top 5 games hold 70% of the niche's 300,554 reviews; it takes 13 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Fiction | 2025 | 124,403 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Chained Together | 2024 | 62,904 | Very Positive |
| Neva | 2024 | 10,385 | Very Positive |
| Thank Goodness You're Here! | 2024 | 8,263 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Threefold Recital | 2025 | 5,673 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| PICO PARK 2 | 2024 | 4,667 | Very Positive |
| Vanity Fair: The Pursuit | 2024 | 4,564 | Very Positive |
| Grimhook | 2023 | 4,106 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered | 2024 | 3,750 | Very Positive |
| Dungeons of Hinterberg | 2024 | 3,304 | 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.