Niche hub
185 games carry the tag · 10 released in the last 12 months (vs 83 the year before) · median price $9.99
balanced. Balanced space: 10 releases in the last year against a median of an estimated 8,938 units (middle half 3,522–25,152). Games with a clear hook find their audience here without fighting a flood.
What would change this: A wave of new releases (supply +120%) or a falling median would tip this toward Crowded. · confidence: medium
The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games
Dota 2ThronefallWall WorldKingdom Rush 5: Alliance TDThe FrontStronghold: Definitive EditionTower DominionOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Aggregated over 12,262 stored reviews from 184 games.
The top 5 games hold 96% of the niche's 2,905,002 reviews; it takes 1 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.
| Game | Released | Reviews | Steam says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dota 2 | 2013 | 2,734,724 | Very Positive |
| Thronefall | 2024 | 23,380 | Overwhelmingly Positive |
| Wall World | 2023 | 12,510 | Very Positive |
| Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD | 2024 | 11,563 | Very Positive |
| The Front | 2025 | 10,741 | Mixed |
| Stronghold: Definitive Edition | 2023 | 10,264 | Very Positive |
| Tower Dominion | 2025 | 5,220 | Very Positive |
| Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap | 2025 | 4,625 | Mostly Positive |
| Heretic's Fork | 2023 | 4,085 | Very Positive |
| Emberward | 2024 | 3,788 | 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.