The niche at a glance

Action Roguelike on Steam: 6,784 released games, 2,063 in the last 12 months, 5,285 announced and still unreleased. Of the 3,899 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 10 lifetime reviews. 48% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 8%. Action Roguelike 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 included3,899 releases
p100
p252
median10
p7538
p90268
48% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 8% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
102median 55 · 19% under 10 reviews
2020
210median 17 · 38% under 10 reviews
2021
349median 15 · 41% under 10 reviews
2022
507median 19 · 36% under 10 reviews
2023
878median 15 · 39% under 10 reviews
2024
1,258median 14 · 41% under 10 reviews
2025
1,409median 10 · 49% under 10 reviews
2026
1,767median 5 · 57% under 10 reviews · 716 too fresh

Action Roguelike × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Action Roguelike at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Action Roguelike ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Story Rich220721415.0% 11%–20%14.3%
avoided ×0.34104 d
Hades II
BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Anomaly Agent
Hades II · BlazBlue Entropy Effect · Anomaly Agent
Isometric224821813.8% 10%–19%13.2%
cliché ×1.95104 d
Hades II
Death Must Die
Ravenswatch
Hades II · Death Must Die · Ravenswatch
Narrative6278under 2012.8%
avoided ×0.11685 d
Clone Drone in the Hyperdome
Heading Out
Clone Drone in the Hyperdome · Heading Out
Anime255812212.9% 9%–18%12.5%
ordinary ×0.5299 d
BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Rabbit and Steel
BAPBAP
BlazBlue Entropy Effect · Rabbit and Steel · BAPBAP
First-Person3781561411.4% 9%–15%11.1%
ordinary ×0.63104 d
R.E.P.O.
PEAK
Content Warning
R.E.P.O. · PEAK · Content Warning
Experimental11110under 2010.7%
avoided ×0.32561 d
Windowkill
Minutescape
Windowkill · Minutescape
Difficult307942110.7% 8%–15%10.5%
cliché ×1.8498 d
Hades II
Ravenswatch
Rabbit and Steel
Hades II · Ravenswatch · Rabbit and Steel
Gothic60171911.7% 6%–22%10.4%
cliché ×1.66323 d
Halls of Torment
Nunholy
VOIN
Halls of Torment · Nunholy · VOIN
Parody2372513.0% 5%–32%10.1%
ordinary ×0.69195 d
Lucky Tower Ultimate
The Great Rebellion
X Invader
Lucky Tower Ultimate · The Great Rebellion · X Invader
Emotional3412711.8% 5%–27%9.9%
avoided ×0.18195 d
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Lucky Tower Ultimate
Five Hearts Under One Roof season2
The Rogue Prince of Persia · Lucky Tower Ultimate · Five Hearts Under One Roof season2
Psychological2411912.5% 4%–31%9.8%
avoided ×0.23189 d
Rabbit Hole
It Has My Face
CAPTURED 2
Rabbit Hole · It Has My Face · CAPTURED 2
Horror2701121210.0% 7%–14%9.8%
ordinary ×0.6499 d
R.E.P.O.
PEAK
Content Warning
R.E.P.O. · PEAK · Content Warning
Atmospheric546202129.7% 7%–12%9.6%
ordinary ×0.72104 d
PEAK
Hades II
Content Warning
PEAK · Hades II · Content Warning
Hand-drawn22172159.5% 6%–14%9.3%
ordinary ×0.78104 d
Hades II
Absolum
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Hades II · Absolum · Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Dark Humor10342199.7% 5%–17%9.2%
ordinary ×0.99104 d
Chinese Online Game
Apocalypse Party
Lucky Tower Ultimate
Chinese Online Game · Apocalypse Party · Lucky Tower Ultimate
51 pairings cleared 20 releases; 7 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.6% for games that carry any tags at all.

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.