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388 games carry the tag · 10 released in the last 12 months (vs 161 the year before) · median price $6.99
balanced. Balanced space: 10 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 6,000 units (middle half 3,163–18,515). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +50%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: high
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Buckshot RouletteChained TogetherMouthwashingATLYSSThe NOexistenceN of you AND mePlacid Plastic Duck SimulatorNubby's Number FactoryPseudoregalia
Aggregated over 20,531 stored reviews from 376 games.
The top 5 games hold 49% of the niche's 550,046 reviews; it takes 29 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckshot Roulette | 2024 | 122,929 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Chained Together | 2024 | 62,904 | Very Positive |
| Mouthwashing | 2024 | 37,924 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ATLYSS | 2024 | 22,805 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| The NOexistenceN of you AND me | 2024 | 21,517 | Very Positive |
| Placid Plastic Duck Simulator | 2022 | 20,057 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Nubby's Number Factory | 2025 | 19,100 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Pseudoregalia | 2023 | 18,605 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Garten of Banban | 2023 | 13,161 | Mixed |
| The Exit 8 | 2023 | 11,320 | 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.