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786 games carry the tag · 53 released in the last 12 months (vs 331 the year before) · median price $8.99
crowded. Crowded space: 53 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 8,083 units (middle half 3,605–25,839). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 64% 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 RouletteDeep Rock Galactic: SurvivorHoloCure - Save the Fans!Halls of Torment
Aggregated over 41,384 stored reviews from 397 games.
The top 5 games hold 52% of the niche's 1,974,562 reviews; it takes 45 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 |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| HoloCure - Save the Fans! | 2023 | 40,557 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Halls of Torment | 2024 | 31,681 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| 20 Minutes Till Dawn | 2023 | 28,968 | Very Positive |
| Soulstone Survivors | 2025 | 26,648 | 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.