The niche at a glance

Card Battler on Steam: 2,627 released games, 935 in the last 12 months, 2,220 announced and still unreleased. Of the 1,552 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 13 lifetime reviews. 44% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 14%. Card 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 included1,552 releases
p100
p252
median13
p7570
p90390
44% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $7.99 · 14% 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
34median 276 · 6% under 10 reviews
2020
98median 42 · 27% under 10 reviews
2021
138median 38 · 25% under 10 reviews
2022
189median 33 · 22% under 10 reviews
2023
279median 25 · 26% under 10 reviews
2024
417median 20 · 35% under 10 reviews
2025
569median 14 · 43% under 10 reviews
2026
822median 7 · 54% under 10 reviews · 315 too fresh

Card Battler × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Card Battler at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Card Battler ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Time Travel82672under 2022.6%
ordinary ×0.70127 d
Depersonalization
Reverse: 1999
天月麻雀 (Amatsuki Mahjong)
Depersonalization · Reverse: 1999 · 天月麻雀 (Amatsuki Mahjong)
LGBTQ+2873125.0% 13%–43%17.3%
ordinary ×0.50209 d
Lust Goddess
Reverse: 1999
Dirty League 🔞
Lust Goddess · Reverse: 1999 · Dirty League 🔞
Female Protagonist122483518.9% 13%–27%17.1%
ordinary ×0.77146 d
Backpack Battles
Chrono Ark
Backpack Hero
Backpack Battles · Chrono Ark · Backpack Hero
Artificial Intelligence35181920.0% 10%–36%15.1%
ordinary ×0.89106 d
Lust Goddess
Dirty League 🔞
Harem of Lust: Battle Cards
Lust Goddess · Dirty League 🔞 · Harem of Lust: Battle Cards
Psychological Horror25114220.0% 9%–39%14.1%
avoided ×0.22298 d
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond
Office Life
Out Of Hands
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond · Office Life · Out Of Hands
Lovecraftian2056820.0% 8%–42%13.3%
ordinary ×1.25366 d
Depersonalization
Morimens
Menace from the Deep
Depersonalization · Morimens · Menace from the Deep
Wuxia6537under 2012.8%
cliché ×4.62279 d
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
万象群侠传
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game · 万象群侠传
Capitalism15420under 2012.4%
ordinary ×0.60342 d
The Bazaar
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
Berserk B.I.T.S
The Bazaar · Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers · Berserk B.I.T.S
Vampires7255under 2012.3%
ordinary ×0.96190 d
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Necroking
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors · Necroking
Alternate History18433under 2011.4%
ordinary ×1.00127 d
Reverse: 1999
攻城与召唤 Siege and Summons 【5分钟一局 策略竞技 】
Chrono CCG
Reverse: 1999 · 攻城与召唤 Siege and Summons 【5分钟一局 策略竞技 】 · Chrono CCG
Mechs11325under 2010.7%
ordinary ×1.12546 d
Starward
StarVaders
Starward · StarVaders
Xianxia11937under 2010.7%
cliché ×5.37238 d
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Card Cultivation
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game · Card Cultivation
Farming Sim14519under 209.8%
avoided ×0.29322 d
Cat God Ranch
Mamon King
Cat God Ranch · Mamon King
Horror55171710.9% 5%–22%9.8%
avoided ×0.3092 d
Morimens
Menace from the Deep
Forbidden Solitaire
Morimens · Menace from the Deep · Forbidden Solitaire
Underground5313under 209.3%
ordinary ×0.61106 d
Backpack Dungeon
Backpack Dungeon
34 pairings cleared 20 releases; 66 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.