The niche at a glance

Dragons on Steam: 1,332 released games, 397 in the last 12 months, 598 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 10. 48% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 14%. Dragons 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 included547 releases
p100
p251
median10
p7547
p90252
48% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $8.49 · 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
40med 64 · 28% unseen
2020
82med 24 · 35% unseen
2021
124med 22 · 37% unseen
2022
125med 19 · 40% unseen
2023
144med 16 · 33% unseen
2024
174med 14 · 43% unseen
2025
185med 10 · 49% unseen
2026
237med 4 · 59% unseen · 85 too fresh

Dragons × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Dragons at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Dragons ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Story Rich104401714.4% 9%–22%13.2%
ordinary ×1.26208 d
Crimson Desert Enhanced
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard
Lords of the Fallen
Crimson Desert Enhanced · Dragon Age™: The Veilguard · Lords of the Fallen
Dark296617.2% 8%–35%12.9%
ordinary ×0.68177 d
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD · Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection · Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Gore833under 2011.9%
ordinary ×0.44208 d
Crimson Desert Enhanced
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Crimson Desert Enhanced · DOOM: The Dark Ages
Comedy3481314.7% 6%–30%11.7%
ordinary ×0.75116 d
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
The RPG
Dragon Kisser
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD · The RPG · Dragon Kisser
Comic Book1115under 2010.8%
ordinary ×1.34818 d
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Where Dragon Spirits 龙魂在哪里
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus · Where Dragon Spirits 龙魂在哪里
Cozy11419under 2010.8%
ordinary ×0.86432 d
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
The RPG
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma · The RPG
Lore-Rich49131512.2% 6%–24%10.6%
cliché ×3.06496 d
Dragon's Dogma 2
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard
Lords of the Fallen
Dragon's Dogma 2 · Dragon Age™: The Veilguard · Lords of the Fallen
Difficult1328under 2010.1%
ordinary ×0.70494 d
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
Dragon Is Dead
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD · Dragon Is Dead
VR15510under 209.5%
ordinary ×1.11188 d
Anthro Heat
Annulus
Anthro Heat · Annulus
Emotional2681211.5% 4%–29%9.4%
ordinary ×0.90250 d
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined
Monster Hunter Stories
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined · Monster Hunter Stories · Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy
Psychedelic5223under 209.3%
ordinary ×0.58906 d
Where Dragon Spirits 龙魂在哪里
Where Dragon Spirits 龙魂在哪里
3D16956139.5% 6%–15%9.2%
ordinary ×1.19116 d
Crimson Desert Enhanced
Dragon's Dogma 2
Royal Quest Online
Crimson Desert Enhanced · Dragon's Dogma 2 · Royal Quest Online
Third Person8526139.4% 5%–17%8.9%
cliché ×1.96116 d
Monster Hunter Wilds
Crimson Desert Enhanced
Dragon's Dogma 2
Monster Hunter Wilds · Crimson Desert Enhanced · Dragon's Dogma 2
Cinematic18310under 208.8%
ordinary ×1.14188 d
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Annulus
DOOM: The Dark Ages · Annulus
Cartoony7527149.3% 5%–18%8.8%
cliché ×1.61131 d
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Monster Hunter Stories
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD · Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection · Monster Hunter Stories
31 pairings cleared 20 releases; 22 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.