The niche at a glance

Auto Battler on Steam: 2,338 released games, 1,313 in the last 12 months, 1,479 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 14. 45% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 13%. Auto Battler 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 included1,109 releases
p100
p252
median14
p7579
p90569
45% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 13% 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
13med 41 · 23% unseen
2020
47med 20 · 36% unseen
2021
78med 30 · 26% unseen
2022
128med 26 · 26% unseen
2023
184med 22 · 33% unseen
2024
281med 24 · 33% unseen
2025
365med 20 · 36% unseen
2026
790med 5 · 60% unseen · 369 too fresh

Auto Battler × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Auto Battler at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Auto Battler ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Female Protagonist36113033.3% 20%–50%23.8%
ordinary ×0.38414 d
Backpack Battles
Aeons Echo
Songs of Silence
Backpack Battles · Aeons Echo · Songs of Silence
Psychological Horror731,146under 2019.8%
avoided ×0.10235 d
Horripilant
Desktop Defender
METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
Horripilant · Desktop Defender · METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
Artificial Intelligence34172126.5% 15%–43%19.1%
ordinary ×1.4691 d
Aeons Echo
Everlusting Life
Teamfight Manager 2
Aeons Echo · Everlusting Life · Teamfight Manager 2
LGBTQ+84215under 2019.0%
avoided ×0.23194 d
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily
Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily · Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight · Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't
Capitalism191054under 2018.8%
ordinary ×1.04237 d
The Bazaar
Q-UP
Watch
The Bazaar · Q-UP · Watch
Dystopian51771under 2017.3%
ordinary ×0.75342 d
Ark Re:Code
Q-UP
Pawns of War
Ark Re:Code · Q-UP · Pawns of War
Romance113241under 2017.2%
avoided ×0.18413 d
Town of Sins
Ark Re:Code
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily
Town of Sins · Ark Re:Code · The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily
Alternate History74244under 2016.0%
ordinary ×0.75159 d
Relic Arena
攻城与召唤 Siege and Summons 【5分钟一局 策略竞技 】
Pawns of War
Relic Arena · 攻城与召唤 Siege and Summons 【5分钟一局 策略竞技 】 · Pawns of War
Dating Sim72303under 2016.0%
avoided ×0.19413 d
Aeons Echo
Ark Re:Code
Project QT
Aeons Echo · Ark Re:Code · Project QT
Magic155642915.5% 11%–22%14.5%
cliché ×2.7191 d
Everlusting Life
FINAL FANTASY VII EVER CRISIS
Oaken Tower
Everlusting Life · FINAL FANTASY VII EVER CRISIS · Oaken Tower
Martial Arts11342under 2014.0%
ordinary ×1.35194 d
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Desktop Raid
Backpack Jianghu
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game · Desktop Raid · Backpack Jianghu
Cyberpunk19915under 2013.7%
ordinary ×0.86252 d
Aeons Echo
Ark Re:Code
Berserk B.I.T.S
Aeons Echo · Ark Re:Code · Berserk B.I.T.S
Mechs13350under 2013.1%
cliché ×1.98413 d
Mechabellum
Aeons Echo
Ark Re:Code
Mechabellum · Aeons Echo · Ark Re:Code
Underground6414under 2012.8%
ordinary ×0.9591 d
Time Walker: Dark World
Backpack Dungeon
Time Walker: Dark World · Backpack Dungeon
Xianxia64224under 2012.8%
cliché ×4.09194 d
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Backpack Jianghu
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game · Backpack Jianghu
19 pairings cleared 20 releases; 78 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.