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624 games carry the tag · 36 released in the last 12 months (vs 239 the year before) · median price $8.99
crowded. Crowded space: 36 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 7,425 units (middle half 3,515–19,958). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 53% 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
R.E.P.O.Resident Evil 4ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNARK: Survival AscendedGray Zone WarfareThe Last of Us™ Part II RemasteredTom Clancy’s The Division® 220 Minutes Till Dawn
Aggregated over 31,226 stored reviews from 395 games.
The top 5 games hold 64% of the niche's 1,670,042 reviews; it takes 20 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.E.P.O. | 2025 | 413,079 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Resident Evil 4 | 2023 | 268,894 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | 2025 | 188,420 | Very Positive |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 2023 | 114,139 | Mixed |
| Gray Zone Warfare | 2024 | 77,900 | Mostly Positive |
| The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered | 2025 | 53,174 | Very Positive |
| Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 | 2023 | 35,176 | Mostly Positive |
| 20 Minutes Till Dawn | 2023 | 28,968 | Very Positive |
| Sunkenland | 2023 | 23,636 | Very Positive |
| Soulmask | 2026 | 22,079 | Mostly Positive |
Combine Survival 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.