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Turn-Based Combat games on Steam

774 games carry the tag · 22 released in the last 12 months (vs 242 the year before) · median price $9.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

crowded. Crowded space: 22 releases in the last year. Among the games here that reached 10+ reviews (most releases never do), the median sold an estimated 1,594 units (middle half 802–5,351). 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 32% 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

Baldur's Gate 3Persona 3 ReloadWarhammer 40,000: Rogue TraderMetaphor: ReFantazioDarkest Dungeon® IIOCTOPATH TRAVELER IILook OutsideQuasimorph

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 24,777 stored reviews from 370 games.

Story & writing84% positive · 13,185 mentions · 348 games
Gameplay & mechanics81% positive · 12,154 mentions · 355 games
Visuals & audio86% positive · 7,621 mentions · 344 games
Content & longevity81% positive · 7,167 mentions · 346 games
Difficulty & balance76% positive · 5,308 mentions · 336 games
Price & value79% positive · 4,384 mentions · 331 games
Controls & UI71% positive · 3,389 mentions · 332 games
Performance & stability69% positive · 3,339 mentions · 319 games
Multiplayer & community78% positive · 1,223 mentions · 189 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.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 81% of the niche's 1,292,628 reviews; it takes 5 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Turn-Based Combat games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Baldur's Gate 3 2023 860,030 Overwhelmingly Positive
Persona 3 Reload 2024 64,591 Very Positive
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader 2023 48,507 Very Positive
Metaphor: ReFantazio 2024 43,413 Very Positive
Darkest Dungeon® II 2023 27,067 Mostly Positive
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II 2023 17,639 Very Positive
Look Outside 2025 14,956 Overwhelmingly Positive
Quasimorph 2026 8,333 Very Positive
WitchSpring R 2023 8,230 Overwhelmingly Positive
Shogun Showdown 2024 7,108 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.