Niche hub
917 games carry the tag · 15 released in the last 12 months (vs 297 the year before) · median price $4.99
balanced. Balanced space: 15 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,632 units (middle half 759–4,722). 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 +7%) 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 23,475 stored reviews from 389 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 48% of the niche's 577,112 reviews; it takes 33 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckshot Roulette | 2024 | 126,694 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Chained Together | 2024 | 64,453 | Very Positive |
| Mouthwashing | 2024 | 38,869 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ATLYSS | 2024 | 23,097 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| The NOexistenceN of you AND me | 2024 | 22,306 | Very Positive |
| Placid Plastic Duck Simulator | 2022 | 20,291 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Nubby's Number Factory | 2025 | 19,648 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Pseudoregalia | 2023 | 19,078 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Garten of Banban | 2023 | 13,519 | Mixed |
| The Exit 8 | 2023 | 11,662 | 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.