Addictive games on Steam
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Addictive on Steam: 449 released games, 14 in the last 12 months, 17 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 16. 35% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 6%. Addictive 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 included20 releasesp104
p256
median16
p752,642
p9015,748
35% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 6% free-to-play
Releases per year
outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews2019
114med 19 · 25% unseen
2020
64med 25 · 34% unseen
2021
17med 16 · 41% unseen
2022
10med 49 · 40% unseen
2023
8med 16 · 38% unseen
2024
5med 3,201 · 20% unseen
2025
6med 1,240 · 0% unseen
2026
9med 5 · 83% unseen · 3 too fresh
