Niche hub
1,703 games carry the tag · 31 released in the last 12 months (vs 700 the year before) · median price $9.99
crowded. Crowded space: 31 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 7,359 units (middle half 3,372–22,944). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 45% 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
Black Myth: WukongCyberpunk 2077HadesResident Evil 4ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNMiSideSplit FictionGhost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Aggregated over 45,790 stored reviews from 397 games.
The top 5 games hold 48% of the niche's 6,058,290 reviews; it takes 57 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Myth: Wukong | 2024 | 1,203,780 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2020 | 951,165 | Very Positive |
| Hades | 2020 | 306,828 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Resident Evil 4 | 2023 | 268,894 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | 2025 | 188,420 | Very Positive |
| MiSide | 2024 | 140,521 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Split Fiction | 2025 | 124,403 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT | 2024 | 94,597 | Very Positive |
| Diablo® IV | 2023 | 74,374 | Mixed |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered | 2025 | 69,369 | 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.