Niche hub
166 games carry the tag · 10 released in the last 12 months (vs 67 the year before) · median price $10.99
balanced. Balanced space: 10 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 5,907 units (middle half 3,173–16,736). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +40%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Dota 2Age of History 3Stronghold: Definitive EditionStormgateBreakout 13Pioneers of PagoniaTower DominionSailing Era
Aggregated over 9,889 stored reviews from 162 games.
The top 5 games hold 97% of the niche's 2,865,195 reviews; it takes 1 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dota 2 | 2013 | 2,734,724 | Very Positive |
| Age of History 3 | 2024 | 18,411 | Very Positive |
| Stronghold: Definitive Edition | 2023 | 10,264 | Very Positive |
| Stormgate | 2025 | 9,222 | Mixed |
| Breakout 13 | 2023 | 7,463 | Very Positive |
| Pioneers of Pagonia | 2025 | 5,442 | Very Positive |
| Tower Dominion | 2025 | 5,220 | Very Positive |
| Sailing Era | 2023 | 5,002 | Mostly Positive |
| Riichi City - Japanese Mahjong | 2022 | 4,745 | Mixed |
| Hollywood Animal | 2025 | 4,139 | Mostly 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.