The niche at a glance

Card Game on Steam: 4,725 released games, 1,494 in the last 12 months, 3,283 announced and still unreleased. Of the 2,447 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 11 lifetime reviews. 49% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 14%. Card Game 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 included2,447 releases
p100
p252
median11
p7553
p90282
49% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 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
144median 58 · 13% under 10 reviews
2020
265median 19 · 34% under 10 reviews
2021
275median 19 · 33% under 10 reviews
2022
338median 23 · 33% under 10 reviews
2023
451median 19 · 34% under 10 reviews
2024
671median 16 · 40% under 10 reviews
2025
873median 12 · 48% under 10 reviews
2026
1,324median 5 · 58% under 10 reviews · 509 too fresh

Card Game × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Card Game at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Card Game ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Agriculture19877under 2021.3%
ordinary ×0.66322 d
Tiny Pasture
Cookard
Dominion
Tiny Pasture · Cookard · Dominion
Time Travel13312under 2016.1%
ordinary ×0.66127 d
Depersonalization
天月麻雀 (Amatsuki Mahjong)
Villages & Dungeons
Depersonalization · 天月麻雀 (Amatsuki Mahjong) · Villages & Dungeons
Psychological Horror50243218.0% 10%–31%14.8%
avoided ×0.25237 d
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond
Sultan's Game
Astral Party
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond · Sultan's Game · Astral Party
Cooking25105820.0% 9%–39%14.1%
ordinary ×0.78139 d
Cookard
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
Cookard · Card Survival: Fantasy Forest · SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
LGBTQ+3493417.6% 8%–34%13.6%
ordinary ×0.45209 d
Sultan's Game
Lust Goddess
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Sultan's Game · Lust Goddess · CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Xianxia121037under 2013.5%
cliché ×3.48113 d
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Destiny of Immortal
Card Cultivation
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game · Destiny of Immortal · Card Cultivation
Female Protagonist151572613.9% 9%–20%13.1%
ordinary ×0.5998 d
Astral Party
Chrono Ark
School Days
Astral Party · Chrono Ark · School Days
Wuxia6537under 2012.8%
cliché ×3.16113 d
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Destiny of Immortal
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game · Destiny of Immortal
Mechs14421under 2012.7%
ordinary ×0.86455 d
StarVaders
Mecharashi
E.T.E
StarVaders · Mecharashi · E.T.E
Trains84101under 2011.9%
ordinary ×0.50525 d
Monster Train 2
Ticket to Ride®
Monster Train 2 · Ticket to Ride®
Poker37291113.5% 6%–28%11.1%
cliché ×21.63169 d
Vegas Infinite by PokerStars
Poker Night at the Inventory
Texas Hold'em Poker: Pokerist
Vegas Infinite by PokerStars · Poker Night at the Inventory · Texas Hold'em Poker: Pokerist
Military38101113.2% 6%–27%10.9%
ordinary ×0.52357 d
Dune: Imperium
Mecharashi
There Are No Orcs
Dune: Imperium · Mecharashi · There Are No Orcs
Dystopian2914613.8% 5%–31%10.9%
ordinary ×0.71518 d
Dune: Imperium
As We Descend
Dead-End City Blues OD Edition
Dune: Imperium · As We Descend · Dead-End City Blues OD Edition
Lovecraftian3065713.3% 5%–30%10.7%
ordinary ×1.21366 d
Depersonalization
Morimens
Menace from the Deep
Depersonalization · Morimens · Menace from the Deep
Farming Sim31121412.9% 5%–29%10.4%
ordinary ×0.48322 d
Tiny Pasture
Cat God Ranch
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Tiny Pasture · Cat God Ranch · Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
49 pairings cleared 20 releases; 47 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.