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Survival Horror games on Steam

496 games carry the tag · 20 released in the last 12 months (vs 190 the year before) · median price $6.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

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

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 26,410 stored reviews from 393 games.

Story & writing81% positive · 10,949 mentions · 381 games
Gameplay & mechanics78% positive · 9,455 mentions · 387 games
Visuals & audio81% positive · 8,934 mentions · 383 games
Performance & stability63% positive · 5,496 mentions · 369 games
Price & value75% positive · 5,231 mentions · 374 games
Content & longevity77% positive · 5,040 mentions · 374 games
Multiplayer & community83% positive · 3,199 mentions · 266 games
Controls & UI68% positive · 3,182 mentions · 349 games
Difficulty & balance75% positive · 2,936 mentions · 357 games

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

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.

Most-reviewed Survival Horror games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam 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

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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.