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231 games carry the tag · 14 released in the last 12 months (vs 88 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 14 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 7,059 units (middle half 3,340–23,397). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +21%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Deep Rock Galactic: SurvivorMouthwashingLOCKDOWN Protocolshapez 2 - FactoryStar Wars OutlawsAliya: TimelinkStormgate
Aggregated over 17,012 stored reviews from 228 games.
The top 5 games hold 68% of the niche's 501,929 reviews; it takes 14 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | 2024 | 219,717 | Very Positive |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| Mouthwashing | 2024 | 37,924 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| LOCKDOWN Protocol | 2025 | 19,718 | Very Positive |
| shapez 2 - Factory | 2026 | 14,932 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 2024 | 12,051 | Mostly Positive |
| Aliya: Timelink | 2024 | 9,410 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Stormgate | 2025 | 9,222 | Mixed |
| STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | 2024 | 7,770 | Mostly Negative |
| Quasimorph | 2023 | 6,353 | 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.