The niche at a glance

Bullet Heaven on Steam: 1,117 released games, 863 in the last 12 months, 882 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 25. 36% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 2%. Bullet Heaven 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 included425 releases
p100
p252
median25
p75191
p90947
36% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 2% 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
1med 34 · 0% unseen
2020
3med 5,391 · 33% unseen
2021
3med 187 · 0% unseen
2022
21med 265 · 5% unseen
2023
53med 237 · 2% unseen
2024
81med 85 · 7% unseen
2025
121med 77 · 21% unseen
2026
512med 4 · 57% unseen · 302 too fresh

Bullet Heaven × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Bullet Heaven at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Bullet Heaven ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Isometric281511532.1% 18%–51%21.5%
cliché ×2.56140 d
Death Must Die
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Death Must Die · Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel · Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Gore641,383under 2020.5%
ordinary ×0.59127 d
Arms of God
KILL KNIGHT
Cat Bait
Arms of God · KILL KNIGHT · Cat Bait
Pixel Graphics160794419.4% 14%–26%18.0%
cliché ×2.2792 d
Megabonk
Halls of Torment
BALL x PIT
Megabonk · Halls of Torment · BALL x PIT
Top-Down189955219.0% 14%–25%17.9%
cliché ×5.03127 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Halls of Torment
Soulstone Survivors
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Halls of Torment · Soulstone Survivors
Dark28213525.0% 13%–43%17.4%
ordinary ×0.85127 d
Halls of Torment
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Conquest Dark
Halls of Torment · Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel · Conquest Dark
2.5D20133125.0% 11%–47%15.8%
cliché ×1.66183 d
Rogue: Genesia
Karate Survivor
Deadly Days: Roadtrip
Rogue: Genesia · Karate Survivor · Deadly Days: Roadtrip
Cartoony27132822.2% 11%–41%15.6%
ordinary ×1.02211 d
Grind Survivors
Twilight Survivors
Cursorblade
Grind Survivors · Twilight Survivors · Cursorblade
3D86515517.4% 11%–27%15.4%
ordinary ×0.93113 d
Megabonk
Soulstone Survivors
The Spell Brigade
Megabonk · Soulstone Survivors · The Spell Brigade
Gothic10577under 2014.4%
cliché ×2.94313 d
Halls of Torment
Scarlet Tower
Night Swarm
Halls of Torment · Scarlet Tower · Night Swarm
2D2221112814.9% 11%–20%14.2%
cliché ×1.68134 d
Halls of Torment
BALL x PIT
Death Must Die
Halls of Torment · BALL x PIT · Death Must Die
Hand-drawn18565under 2014.0%
ordinary ×0.71140 d
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Scarlet Tower
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos · Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok · Scarlet Tower
Atmospheric33213518.2% 9%–34%13.8%
ordinary ×0.52279 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Halls of Torment
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Halls of Torment · Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Violent652under 2012.8%
ordinary ×0.52211 d
Conquest Dark
Grind Survivors
Conquest Dark · Grind Survivors
Cartoon8137under 2011.9%
ordinary ×0.77523 d
Cursorblade
Rhythm Witch: Beat Death
Cursorblade · Rhythm Witch: Beat Death
Cute50235514.0% 7%–26%11.9%
ordinary ×0.81183 d
Cat Bait
Cursorblade
Bang Bang Barrage
Cat Bait · Cursorblade · Bang Bang Barrage
19 pairings cleared 20 releases; 33 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.