The niche at a glance

Cartoony on Steam: 11,487 released games, 2,635 in the last 12 months, 5,831 announced and still unreleased. Of the 5,785 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 11 lifetime reviews. 47% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 13%. Cartoony 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 included5,785 releases
p100
p252
median11
p7541
p90197
47% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 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
280median 26 · 28% under 10 reviews
2020
686median 19 · 38% under 10 reviews
2021
1,056median 16 · 39% under 10 reviews
2022
1,172median 14 · 41% under 10 reviews
2023
1,375median 14 · 41% under 10 reviews
2024
1,958median 14 · 43% under 10 reviews
2025
2,152median 11 · 48% under 10 reviews
2026
2,208median 7 · 54% under 10 reviews · 838 too fresh

Cartoony × mechanics: what the pairings end up with

every mechanics tag shipped with Cartoony at least 5 times · same window× setting× mechanics
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Cartoony ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Bullet Heaven28122825.0% 13%–43%17.3%
ordinary ×0.96226 d
Grind Survivors
Twilight Survivors
Cursorblade
Grind Survivors · Twilight Survivors · Cursorblade
Roguelike Deckbuilder67335919.4% 12%–30%16.5%
ordinary ×0.9590 d
Meme Mayhem
Demonic Mahjong
Decktamer
Meme Mayhem · Demonic Mahjong · Decktamer
Open World Survival Craft71104under 2016.0%
avoided ×0.31494 d
BitCraft Online
黄毛漂流记
Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
BitCraft Online · 黄毛漂流记 · Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
Souls-like72191516.7% 10%–27%14.5%
ordinary ×0.73307 d
The First Berserker: Khazan
Another Crab's Treasure
Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE
The First Berserker: Khazan · Another Crab's Treasure · Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE
Open World221641614.0% 10%–19%13.4%
ordinary ×0.6494 d
My Time at Sandrock
Another Crab's Treasure
Goat Simulator 3
My Time at Sandrock · Another Crab's Treasure · Goat Simulator 3
MMORPG3594317.1% 8%–33%13.3%
ordinary ×0.7294 d
BitCraft Online
Super Sus
Eterspire
BitCraft Online · Super Sus · Eterspire
Heist2061920.0% 8%–42%13.3%
cliché ×1.55147 d
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time
Just Another Night Shift
Clank!
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time · Just Another Night Shift · Clank!
Stealth8627814.0% 8%–23%12.6%
ordinary ×0.67147 d
The WereCleaner
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time
The WereCleaner · Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley · The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time
Minigames55181414.5% 8%–26%12.4%
cliché ×2.20282 d
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted
Feign
Super Sus
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted · Feign · Super Sus
Diplomacy811under 2011.9%
ordinary ×0.50517 d
Fabledom
Guilty as Sock!
Fabledom · Guilty as Sock!
Turn-Based34124114.7% 6%–30%11.7%
ordinary ×0.46182 d
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Yao-Guai Hunter
Deathless. The Hero Quest
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection · Yao-Guai Hunter · Deathless. The Hero Quest
Dating Sim212623511.8% 8%–17%11.3%
ordinary ×0.86104 d
My Time at Sandrock
Summer Clover
Date Everything!
My Time at Sandrock · Summer Clover · Date Everything!
Sandbox280891611.4% 8%–16%11.1%
ordinary ×0.86147 d
My Time at Sandrock
Goat Simulator 3
Little Kitty, Big City
My Time at Sandrock · Goat Simulator 3 · Little Kitty, Big City
Escape Room1016under 2011.1%
ordinary ×0.48715 d
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure
Creepy Tale: Some Other Place
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure · Creepy Tale: Some Other Place
Skating10367under 2011.1%
cliché ×1.79105 d
Denshattack!
Driftwood
Denshattack! · Driftwood
166 pairings cleared 20 releases; 16 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.