The niche at a glance

Dwarves on Steam: 286 released games, 124 in the last 12 months, 143 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 20. 41% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 12%. Dwarves 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 included91 releases
p100
p253
median20
p75316
p901,173
41% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $9.99 · 12% 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
14med 177 · 0% unseen
2020
6med 152 · 17% unseen
2021
4med 239 · 25% unseen
2022
4med 15,774 · 0% unseen
2023
13med 348 · 15% unseen
2024
26med 69 · 19% unseen
2025
22med 25 · 45% unseen
2026
73med 5 · 57% unseen · 36 too fresh

Dwarves × mechanics: what the pairings end up with

every mechanics tag shipped with Dwarves at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Dwarves ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Roguelite23731934.8% 19%–55%21.7%
cliché ×2.54146 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
Absolum
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core · Absolum
Character Customization11477under 2020.4%
cliché ×1.92146 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Bronzebeard's Tavern
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core · The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Bronzebeard's Tavern
Procedural Generation16677under 2020.4%
cliché ×3.14264 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
Gnomes
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot · Gnomes
Action Roguelike134387under 2019.2%
cliché ×2.41146 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
Absolum
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core · Absolum
Roguelike251029428.0% 14%–48%18.5%
cliché ×2.48146 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
Dwarven Realms
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core · Dwarven Realms
Action-Adventure15411under 2018.1%
ordinary ×0.79369 d
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Absolum
Dwarven Realms
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Absolum · Dwarven Realms
Base Building167331under 2017.6%
cliché ×4.00148 d
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Gnomes
KeeperRL
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Gnomes · KeeperRL
Arcade17661under 2017.1%
ordinary ×0.98148 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Absolum
Dwarven Realms
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Absolum · Dwarven Realms
Exploration19967under 2016.2%
ordinary ×1.12146 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Orebound
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core · The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Orebound
Simulation21126123.8% 11%–45%15.4%
ordinary ×1.05148 d
Bronzebeard's Tavern
KeeperRL
Dwarf Eats Mountain
Bronzebeard's Tavern · KeeperRL · Dwarf Eats Mountain
Mining22116122.7% 10%–43%15.1%
cliché ×20.26148 d
KeeperRL
Dwarf Eats Mountain
Orebound
KeeperRL · Dwarf Eats Mountain · Orebound
Open World93331under 2014.9%
cliché ×1.76719 d
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Orebound
Sovereign Syndicate
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Orebound · Sovereign Syndicate
Survival92284under 2014.9%
cliché ×1.53557 d
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Gnomes
KeeperRL
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Gnomes · KeeperRL
RPG30113420.0% 10%–37%14.7%
cliché ×2.31264 d
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Absolum
Dwarven Realms
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · Absolum · Dwarven Realms
Sandbox113284under 2014.0%
cliché ×1.98719 d
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
KeeperRL
Orebound
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ · KeeperRL · Orebound
9 pairings cleared 20 releases; 167 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.