Niche hub
779 games carry the tag · 48 released in the last 12 months (vs 341 the year before) · median price $8.99
crowded. Crowded space: 48 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 8,425 units (middle half 3,696–25,443). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 60% 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
HadesSlay the SpireBalatroELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNBuckshot RouletteHalls of TormentSifuSoulstone Survivors
Aggregated over 40,335 stored reviews from 398 games.
The top 5 games hold 54% of the niche's 1,914,859 reviews; it takes 46 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hades | 2020 | 306,828 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Slay the Spire | 2019 | 216,735 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Balatro | 2024 | 194,032 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | 2025 | 188,420 | Very Positive |
| Buckshot Roulette | 2024 | 122,929 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Halls of Torment | 2024 | 31,681 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Sifu | 2023 | 28,114 | Very Positive |
| Soulstone Survivors | 2025 | 26,648 | Very Positive |
| 9 Kings | 2025 | 22,629 | Very Positive |
| Ravenswatch | 2024 | 22,276 | Mostly Positive |
Combine Rogue-like with other tags — and exclusions — in the segment workspace, or describe your concept and get this verdict on your exact combo.
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.