Niche hub
588 games carry the tag · 13 released in the last 12 months (vs 173 the year before) · median price $4.99
crowded. Crowded space: 13 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,247 units (middle half 645–4,309). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.
Unit medians are estimates, among games that reached 10+ reviews — most never do · how we estimate
What would change this: About 8% 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
BrotatoDeep Rock Galactic: SurvivorHoloCure - Save the Fans!20 Minutes Till DawnThe Spell BrigadeYet Another Zombie SurvivorsTiny RoguesShotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Aggregated over 15,826 stored reviews from 390 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 62% of the niche's 410,552 reviews; it takes 18 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brotato | 2023 | 119,348 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 48,368 | Very Positive |
| HoloCure - Save the Fans! | 2023 | 40,817 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| 20 Minutes Till Dawn | 2023 | 29,162 | Very Positive |
| The Spell Brigade | 2026 | 16,926 | Very Positive |
| Yet Another Zombie Survivors | 2026 | 15,582 | Very Positive |
| Tiny Rogues | 2022 | 10,786 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate | 2022 | 7,455 | Very Positive |
| Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok | 2024 | 6,343 | Very Positive |
| Apocalypse Party | 2023 | 5,446 | Mostly 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.