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217 games carry the tag · 12 released in the last 12 months (vs 76 the year before) · median price $6.99
balanced. Balanced space: 12 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 7,083 units (middle half 3,149–22,770). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +42%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Deep Rock Galactic: SurvivorHoloCure - Save the Fans!20 Minutes Till DawnThe Spell BrigadeYet Another Zombie SurvivorsTiny RoguesShotgun King: The Final CheckmateNordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Aggregated over 13,549 stored reviews from 215 games.
The top 5 games hold 53% of the niche's 279,172 reviews; it takes 25 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2025 | 47,963 | Very Positive |
| HoloCure - Save the Fans! | 2023 | 40,557 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| 20 Minutes Till Dawn | 2023 | 28,968 | Very Positive |
| The Spell Brigade | 2026 | 16,275 | Very Positive |
| Yet Another Zombie Survivors | 2023 | 13,530 | Very Positive |
| Tiny Rogues | 2022 | 10,670 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate | 2022 | 7,370 | Very Positive |
| Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok | 2024 | 6,315 | Very Positive |
| Apocalypse Party | 2023 | 5,425 | Mostly Positive |
| Intravenous 2 | 2024 | 4,652 | 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.