The niche at a glance

Assassins on Steam: 628 released games, 156 in the last 12 months, 288 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 9. 52% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. Assassins 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 included245 releases
p100
p251
median9
p7533
p90160
52% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 10% 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
15med 124 · 27% unseen
2020
29med 22 · 28% unseen
2021
59med 24 · 29% unseen
2022
80med 21 · 29% unseen
2023
67med 9 · 51% unseen
2024
91med 10 · 48% unseen
2025
85med 10 · 49% unseen
2026
87med 2 · 65% unseen · 38 too fresh

Assassins × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Assassins at least 5 times · same window
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Assassins ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Violent33101615.2% 7%–31%11.9%
cliché ×3.72236 d
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Suit for Hire
Assassin’s Creed Shadows · Assassin's Creed Mirage · Suit for Hire
Difficult9316under 2011.5%
ordinary ×1.34236 d
Suit for Hire
Styx: Blades of Greed
Suit for Hire · Styx: Blades of Greed
Third Person5611912.5% 6%–24%11.0%
cliché ×2.9096 d
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Assassin’s Creed Shadows · Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced · Assassin's Creed Mirage
Cinematic267611.5% 4%–29%9.4%
cliché ×3.6096 d
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced · Assassin's Creed Mirage · Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
Retro2762011.1% 4%–28%9.2%
ordinary ×0.89692 d
The Happyhills Homicide
STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™
Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
The Happyhills Homicide · STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ · Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
Gothic7112under 208.6%
cliché ×2.38328 d
Brush Burial: Gutter World
Brush Burial: Gutter World
Psychedelic715under 208.6%
ordinary ×1.40917 d
Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun
Gore226199.1% 3%–28%7.9%
cliché ×3.31480 d
Suit for Hire
The Happyhills Homicide
Suit for Hire · The Happyhills Homicide
Atmospheric6216158.1% 3%–18%7.7%
ordinary ×1.43236 d
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Children of the Sun
Brush Burial: Gutter World
Assassin's Creed Mirage · Children of the Sun · Brush Burial: Gutter World
Dark Humor11324under 207.5%
cliché ×2.10708 d
The Happyhills Homicide
The Happyhills Homicide
Comic Book1246under 207.3%
cliché ×2.22480 d
Suit for Hire
Suit for Hire
3D1102896.4% 3%–13%6.4%
cliché ×1.5696 d
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Assassin’s Creed Shadows · Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced · Assassin's Creed Mirage
Realistic489126.3% 2%–17%6.4%
cliché ×2.11692 d
Assassin's Creed Mirage
The Killing Antidote
Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
Assassin's Creed Mirage · The Killing Antidote · Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
Thriller367145.6% 2%–18%6.0%
cliché ×3.73692 d
The Killing Antidote
Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
The Killing Antidote · Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
Cute208215.0% 1%–24%5.8%
ordinary ×0.47328 d
Brush Burial: Gutter World
Brush Burial: Gutter World
26 pairings cleared 20 releases; 22 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% 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.