Niche hub
356 games carry the tag · 13 released in the last 12 months (vs 111 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 13 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,784 units (middle half 818–5,973). 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 +38%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Dota 2Age of History 3Stronghold: Definitive EditionStormgateBreakout 13Tower DominionPioneers of PagoniaSailing Era
Aggregated over 11,782 stored reviews from 337 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 97% of the niche's 2,872,705 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 | 18,928 | Very Positive |
| Stronghold: Definitive Edition | 2023 | 10,399 | Very Positive |
| Stormgate | 2025 | 9,265 | Mixed |
| Breakout 13 | 2023 | 7,497 | Very Positive |
| Tower Dominion | 2025 | 5,614 | Very Positive |
| Pioneers of Pagonia | 2025 | 5,515 | Very Positive |
| Sailing Era | 2023 | 5,091 | Mostly Positive |
| Riichi City - Japanese Mahjong | 2022 | 4,893 | Mixed |
| Emberward | 2026 | 4,340 | Overwhelmingly 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.