The niche at a glance

Futuristic on Steam: 6,338 released games, 1,356 in the last 12 months, 3,809 announced and still unreleased. Of the 2,962 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 8 lifetime reviews. 53% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 14%. Futuristic 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 included2,962 releases
p100
p251
median8
p7534
p90171
53% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 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
130median 29 · 28% under 10 reviews
2020
333median 21 · 34% under 10 reviews
2021
672median 12 · 45% under 10 reviews
2022
708median 15 · 38% under 10 reviews
2023
810median 11 · 47% under 10 reviews
2024
995median 11 · 45% under 10 reviews
2025
1,107median 8 · 54% under 10 reviews
2026
1,153median 5 · 60% under 10 reviews · 416 too fresh

Futuristic × mechanics: what the pairings end up with

every mechanics tag shipped with Futuristic at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Futuristic ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Souls-like38111326.3% 15%–42%19.5%
ordinary ×0.63111 d
Stellar Blade™
PRAGMATA
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Stellar Blade™ · PRAGMATA · MIO: Memories in Orbit
Extraction Shooter10467under 2017.8%
cliché ×1.58230 d
ARC Raiders
Marathon
Off The Grid
ARC Raiders · Marathon · Off The Grid
Open World Survival Craft105105under 2017.8%
ordinary ×0.67562 d
Forever Skies
Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
Heat Death: Survival Train
Forever Skies · Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue · Heat Death: Survival Train
Crafting123391615.4% 10%–23%14.2%
ordinary ×0.92104 d
ARC Raiders
The Alters
shapez 2 - Factory
ARC Raiders · The Alters · shapez 2 - Factory
Agriculture51232under 2013.3%
avoided ×0.34104 d
Farlands
Finn Dorset's Institute For Livestock Replication
Farlands · Finn Dorset's Institute For Livestock Replication
Character Action Game6295under 2012.8%
ordinary ×1.16426 d
Lost Soul Aside™
REAVER
Lost Soul Aside™ · REAVER
Looter Shooter53141115.1% 8%–27%12.8%
cliché ×2.22216 d
Borderlands 4
VAIL
Off The Grid
Borderlands 4 · VAIL · Off The Grid
Boomer Shooter61191214.8% 8%–26%12.7%
cliché ×2.16133 d
Selaco
ROBOBEAT
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
Selaco · ROBOBEAT · Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
FPS294751412.9% 10%–17%12.5%
cliché ×1.93109 d
Borderlands 4
FragPunk
Marathon
Borderlands 4 · FragPunk · Marathon
Third-Person Shooter176561013.1% 9%–19%12.4%
cliché ×2.58146 d
ARC Raiders
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
REMATCH
ARC Raiders · Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 · REMATCH
Gun Customization76251213.2% 7%–23%11.8%
cliché ×2.77237 d
Marathon
SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
Marathon · SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded · Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
Spectacle fighter43111214.0% 7%–27%11.6%
cliché ×1.66203 d
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Morbid Metal
Lost Soul Aside™
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance · Morbid Metal · Lost Soul Aside™
Action RPG15632912.2% 8%–18%11.5%
ordinary ×1.00111 d
Stellar Blade™
Borderlands 4
RoboCop: Rogue City
Stellar Blade™ · Borderlands 4 · RoboCop: Rogue City
Hack and Slash113291312.4% 8%–20%11.5%
ordinary ×0.96111 d
Stellar Blade™
The Killing Antidote
Echoes of Aincrad
Stellar Blade™ · The Killing Antidote · Echoes of Aincrad
Loot45112613.3% 6%–26%11.3%
ordinary ×0.76400 d
Borderlands 4
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
Granvir
Borderlands 4 · Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion · Granvir
135 pairings cleared 20 releases; 38 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.