Niche hub
616 games carry the tag · 29 released in the last 12 months (vs 254 the year before) · median price $10.99
crowded. Crowded space: 29 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 7,339 units (middle half 3,312–23,008). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 41% 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
Cyberpunk 2077Lethal CompanyR.E.P.O.Marvel RivalsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Content WarningSplit FictionARK: Survival Ascended
Aggregated over 40,322 stored reviews from 395 games.
The top 5 games hold 67% of the niche's 3,705,760 reviews; it takes 10 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2020 | 951,165 | Very Positive |
| Lethal Company | 2023 | 509,899 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| R.E.P.O. | 2025 | 413,079 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Marvel Rivals | 2024 | 403,976 | Mostly Positive |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | 2024 | 219,717 | Very Positive |
| Content Warning | 2024 | 161,938 | Very Positive |
| Split Fiction | 2025 | 124,403 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 2023 | 114,139 | Mixed |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| Backrooms: Escape Together | 2022 | 47,081 | Very Positive |
Combine Sci-fi 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.