The niche at a glance

Fast-Paced on Steam: 2,866 released games, 696 in the last 12 months, 948 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 12. 45% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 9%. Fast-Paced 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 included742 releases
p100
p252
median12
p7557
p90387
45% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 9% 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
251med 31 · 22% unseen
2020
277med 27 · 31% unseen
2021
186med 25 · 29% unseen
2022
175med 16 · 37% unseen
2023
175med 20 · 31% unseen
2024
202med 25 · 32% unseen
2025
271med 13 · 40% unseen
2026
419med 3 · 64% unseen · 190 too fresh

Fast-Paced × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Fast-Paced at least 5 times · same window× setting× mechanics
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Fast-Paced ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Female Protagonist39164325.6% 15%–41%19.2%
ordinary ×0.67154 d
Haste
Romantic Escapades
Selaco
Haste · Romantic Escapades · Selaco
1990's43144720.9% 11%–35%16.4%
ordinary ×1.47154 d
STRAFTAT
MULLET MADJACK
PIGFACE
STRAFTAT · MULLET MADJACK · PIGFACE
Psychological Horror133116under 2016.2%
avoided ×0.32196 d
STRAFTAT
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Super Meat Boy 3D
STRAFTAT · SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS · Super Meat Boy 3D
Horror45173420.0% 11%–34%15.9%
ordinary ×0.57145 d
Bodycam
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
PAPERHEAD EP.0
Bodycam · Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core · PAPERHEAD EP.0
Post-apocalyptic2863121.4% 10%–40%15.3%
ordinary ×0.96391 d
Roboquest
Ghostrunner 2
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Roboquest · Ghostrunner 2 · BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Noir93114under 2014.9%
ordinary ×0.85154 d
Fallen Aces
Better Than Dead
Jackal
Fallen Aces · Better Than Dead · Jackal
Cyberpunk47142017.0% 9%–30%13.9%
cliché ×3.22358 d
NINJA GAIDEN 4
MULLET MADJACK
Ghostrunner 2
NINJA GAIDEN 4 · MULLET MADJACK · Ghostrunner 2
Sci-fi137561313.9% 9%–21%13.0%
cliché ×2.01111 d
DOOM: The Dark Ages
SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded
Roboquest
DOOM: The Dark Ages · SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded · Roboquest
Military15435under 2012.4%
ordinary ×0.90448 d
Bodycam
I Am Your Beast
BRUTAL JOHN 2
Bodycam · I Am Your Beast · BRUTAL JOHN 2
Crime737under 2012.3%
ordinary ×0.67154 d
Better Than Dead
Jackal
Better Than Dead · Jackal
Lovecraftian7185under 2012.3%
ordinary ×0.80398 d
Forgive Me Father 2
Katanaut
Forgive Me Father 2 · Katanaut
Skating7336under 2012.3%
cliché ×5.5190 d
Denshattack!
Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off
Denshattack! · Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off
LGBTQ+8316under 2011.9%
avoided ×0.22257 d
Kitsune Tails
Don't Stop, Girlypop!
Kitsune Tails · Don't Stop, Girlypop!
Nature19610under 2011.1%
ordinary ×0.37357 d
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
TETRIS® THE GRAND MASTER 4 -ABSOLUTE EYE-
Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding · TETRIS® THE GRAND MASTER 4 -ABSOLUTE EYE- · Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off
Robots46132813.0% 6%–26%11.1%
cliché ×2.57257 d
MULLET MADJACK
VOID/BREAKER
BZZZT
MULLET MADJACK · VOID/BREAKER · BZZZT
17 pairings cleared 20 releases; 88 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.