The niche at a glance

Character Customization on Steam: 8,216 released games, 2,082 in the last 12 months, 6,350 announced and still unreleased. Of the 4,000 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 17 lifetime reviews. 39% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 14%. Character Customization 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 included4,000 releases
p101
p253
median17
p75123
p90941
39% 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
162median 186 · 14% under 10 reviews
2020
438median 95 · 22% under 10 reviews
2021
714median 28 · 29% under 10 reviews
2022
805median 29 · 27% under 10 reviews
2023
965median 29 · 29% under 10 reviews
2024
1,299median 23 · 34% under 10 reviews
2025
1,483median 16 · 40% under 10 reviews
2026
1,804median 13 · 45% under 10 reviews · 763 too fresh

Character Customization × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Character Customization at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Character Customization ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Gore80232328.7% 20%–39%24.3%
ordinary ×0.62237 d
Last Epoch
The Outlast Trials
SCUM
Last Epoch · The Outlast Trials · SCUM
Nostalgia12237under 2022.9%
ordinary ×1.00560 d
Strike Force Heroes
Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe
The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Strike Force Heroes · Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe · The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Story Rich5161534822.9% 19%–27%22.3%
ordinary ×0.7890 d
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
The First Descendant
Where Winds Meet
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · The First Descendant · Where Winds Meet
Realistic3871053322.5% 19%–27%21.7%
ordinary ×1.0496 d
ARC Raiders
THE FINALS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
ARC Raiders · THE FINALS · Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Violent105283223.8% 17%–33%21.1%
ordinary ×0.70204 d
Last Epoch
SCUM
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Last Epoch · SCUM · The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
First-Person6031973120.6% 18%–24%20.1%
ordinary ×0.9590 d
PEAK
Schedule I
THE FINALS
PEAK · Schedule I · THE FINALS
Lore-Rich143502121.7% 16%–29%19.8%
ordinary ×1.3390 d
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Dragon's Dogma 2
Pixel Gun 3D: PC Edition
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Dragon's Dogma 2 · Pixel Gun 3D: PC Edition
Cozy169666520.7% 15%–27%19.2%
cliché ×1.5190 d
WEBFISHING
Sky: Children of the Light
Paralives
WEBFISHING · Sky: Children of the Light · Paralives
Anime5001634219.6% 16%–23%19.1%
ordinary ×0.9494 d
TEKKEN 8
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Tales of ARISE
TEKKEN 8 · Granblue Fantasy: Relink · Tales of ARISE
Cinematic68241522.1% 14%–33%18.6%
ordinary ×0.61104 d
No Rest for the Wicked
007 First Light
NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE
No Rest for the Wicked · 007 First Light · NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE
Dark145591320.0% 14%–27%18.4%
ordinary ×0.4790 d
Path of Exile 2
The Outlast Trials
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Path of Exile 2 · The Outlast Trials · WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Horror213632719.2% 15%–25%18.2%
ordinary ×0.46104 d
PEAK
7 Days to Die
Path of Exile 2
PEAK · 7 Days to Die · Path of Exile 2
Atmospheric5762041918.4% 15%–22%18.0%
ordinary ×0.7393 d
PEAK
ARC Raiders
THE FINALS
PEAK · ARC Raiders · THE FINALS
Music44183722.7% 13%–37%17.7%
ordinary ×0.8698 d
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
Dead as Disco
hololive Dreams
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions · Dead as Disco · hololive Dreams
Third Person9323041917.7% 15%–20%17.5%
cliché ×2.3193 d
ARC Raiders
Monster Hunter Wilds
The First Descendant
ARC Raiders · Monster Hunter Wilds · The First Descendant
57 pairings cleared 20 releases; 5 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.