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496 games carry the tag · 20 released in the last 12 months (vs 190 the year before) · median price $6.99
crowded. Crowded space: 20 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 6,666 units (middle half 3,301–20,761). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
What would change this: About 25% 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
Lethal CompanyResident Evil 4Content WarningSILENT HILL 2The Last of Us™ Part II RemasteredBackrooms: Escape TogetherInside the BackroomsNuclear Nightmare
Aggregated over 26,410 stored reviews from 393 games.
The top 5 games hold 70% of the niche's 1,500,611 reviews; it takes 11 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Company | 2023 | 509,899 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Resident Evil 4 | 2023 | 268,894 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Content Warning | 2024 | 161,938 | Very Positive |
| SILENT HILL 2 | 2024 | 63,161 | Very Positive |
| The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered | 2025 | 53,174 | Very Positive |
| Backrooms: Escape Together | 2022 | 47,081 | Very Positive |
| Inside the Backrooms | 2022 | 46,631 | Mostly Positive |
| Nuclear Nightmare | 2024 | 18,810 | Very Positive |
| Look Outside | 2025 | 13,827 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| White Knuckle | 2025 | 13,380 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
Combine Survival Horror 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.