2D Platformer games on Steam
The niche at a glance
2D Platformer on Steam: 11,844 released games, 2,638 in the last 12 months, 4,891 announced and still unreleased. Of the 5,859 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 5 lifetime reviews. 59% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 12%. 2D Platformer is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .
What releases end up with
lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included5,859 releasesReleases per year
outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews2D Platformer × presentation: what the pairings end up with
every presentation tag shipped with 2D Platformer at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation| 2D Platformer × | 3 y | 12 m | median | ≥500 | adjusted | vs chance | last hit | who made it | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nostalgia | 24 | 8 | 13 | 20.8% 9%–40% | 14.4% | ordinary ×1.32 | 320 d |    | |
| Narrative | 22 | 9 | 25 | 13.6% 5%–33% | 10.3% | ordinary ×0.52 | 197 d |    | |
| Cinematic | 101 | 36 | 15 | 10.9% 6%–18% | 10.2% | ordinary ×0.53 | 182 d |   | |
| Cozy | 38 | 14 | 26 | 10.5% 4%–24% | 9.2% | ordinary ×0.36 | 237 d |    | |
| Violent | 100 | 38 | 9 | 9.0% 5%–16% | 8.6% | ordinary ×0.46 | 166 d |   | |
| Short | 66 | 17 | 16 | 9.1% 4%–18% | 8.5% | ordinary ×0.81 | 439 d |   | |
| Gore | 96 | 36 | 10 | 8.3% 4%–16% | 8.0% | ordinary ×0.47 | 166 d |  | |
| FMV | 50 | 28 | 1 | 8.0% 3%–19% | 7.6% | ordinary ×1.34 | 292 d |   | |
| Memes | 61 | 20 | 7 | 6.6% 3%–16% | 6.6% | ordinary ×0.77 | 405 d |    | |
| Music | 46 | 13 | 13 | 6.5% 2%–18% | 6.6% | ordinary ×0.71 | 405 d |   | |
| Lore-Rich | 221 | 86 | 11 | 6.3% 4%–10% | 6.4% | ordinary ×1.26 | 166 d |    | |
| Emotional | 410 | 139 | 11 | 6.3% 4%–9% | 6.4% | ordinary ×1.35 | 124 d |   | |
| Dark Comedy | 49 | 14 | 6 | 6.1% 2%–17% | 6.3% | ordinary ×0.81 | 182 d |    | |
| Anime | 930 | 321 | 15 | 6.1% 5%–8% | 6.1% | ordinary ×1.34 | 104 d |   | |
| Story Rich | 1033 | 347 | 10 | 5.8% 5%–7% | 5.8% | ordinary ×1.04 | 104 d |   |
About these numbers
“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.
