The niche at a glance

Comic Book on Steam: 3,125 released games, 1,015 in the last 12 months, 1,268 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 10. 50% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 11%. Comic Book 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 included1,537 releases
p100
p252
median10
p7539
p90181
50% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 11% 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
33med 99 · 18% unseen
2020
145med 27 · 28% unseen
2021
226med 23 · 35% unseen
2022
276med 27 · 33% unseen
2023
375med 19 · 35% unseen
2024
490med 16 · 41% unseen
2025
556med 9 · 51% unseen
2026
637med 3 · 64% unseen · 252 too fresh

Comic Book × mechanics: what the pairings end up with

every mechanics tag shipped with Comic Book at least 5 times · same window× setting× mechanics
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Comic Book ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Fighting183117under 2016.7%
cliché ×2.40166 d
BLEACH Rebirth of Souls
Invincible VS
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
BLEACH Rebirth of Souls · Invincible VS · UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
Economy11847under 2014.0%
ordinary ×0.3698 d
Destiny of Immortal
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Ground of Aces
Destiny of Immortal · Super Woden: Rally Edge · Ground of Aces
Driving12327under 2013.5%
ordinary ×0.71271 d
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Aero GPX
Heading Out
Super Woden: Rally Edge · Aero GPX · Heading Out
Cooking2291118.2% 7%–39%12.7%
ordinary ×0.75405 d
Kemono Teatime
Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town
Slow living with Princess
Kemono Teatime · Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town · Slow living with Princess
Open World40172115.0% 7%–29%12.2%
ordinary ×0.6098 d
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 · Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League · LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Stealth32125715.6% 7%–32%12.2%
ordinary ×0.81621 d
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Fallen Aces
Just Another Night Shift
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 · Fallen Aces · Just Another Night Shift
City Builder8220under 2011.9%
avoided ×0.31460 d
Ground of Aces
Slow living with Princess
Ground of Aces · Slow living with Princess
Looter Shooter9215under 2011.5%
ordinary ×1.00559 d
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
League of Maidens®
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League · League of Maidens®
Sandbox36131913.9% 6%–29%11.3%
ordinary ×0.4898 d
gogh: Focus with Your Avatar
Suit for Hire
Destiny of Immortal
gogh: Focus with Your Avatar · Suit for Hire · Destiny of Immortal
Base Building10316under 2011.1%
avoided ×0.30460 d
Menace from the Deep
Ground of Aces
Menace from the Deep · Ground of Aces
Management2813814.3% 6%–31%11.1%
ordinary ×0.44161 d
Summer Clover
Horny Villa
Ground of Aces
Summer Clover · Horny Villa · Ground of Aces
Souls-like2151214.3% 5%–35%10.6%
ordinary ×0.91572 d
Nine Sols
BLEACH Rebirth of Souls
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Nine Sols · BLEACH Rebirth of Souls · Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Mystery Dungeon12210under 2010.4%
ordinary ×0.87677 d
Hellboy Web of Wyrd
FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
Hellboy Web of Wyrd · FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
Resource Management22101613.6% 5%–33%10.3%
ordinary ×0.38271 d
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Ground of Aces
Heading Out
Super Woden: Rally Edge · Ground of Aces · Heading Out
Dating Sim121322510.7% 6%–18%10.2%
cliché ×2.18225 d
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Summer Clover
Horny Villa
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · Summer Clover · Horny Villa
86 pairings cleared 20 releases; 66 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.