The niche at a glance
JRPG on Steam: 5,047 released games, 1,284 in the last 12 months, 1,688 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 20. 38% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 9%. JRPG 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 included1,961 releasesReleases per year
outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviewsJRPG × presentation: what the pairings end up with
every presentation tag shipped with JRPG at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation| JRPG × | 3 y | 12 m | median | ≥500 | adjusted | vs chance | last hit | who made it | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Person | 119 | 33 | 66 | 30.3% 23%–39% | 26.9% | ordinary ×0.73 | 118 d |    | |
| 2.5D | 75 | 27 | 41 | 30.7% 21%–42% | 25.6% | cliché ×1.51 | 118 d |    | |
| 3D | 236 | 62 | 56 | 25.8% 21%–32% | 24.4% | ordinary ×0.44 | 97 d |    | |
| Isometric | 31 | 7 | 114 | 35.5% 21%–53% | 24.2% | ordinary ×0.78 | 139 d |    | |
| Realistic | 20 | 8 | 95 | 40.0% 22%–61% | 23.4% | avoided ×0.11 | 97 d |  | |
| Violent | 44 | 22 | 24 | 27.3% 16%–42% | 20.8% | ordinary ×0.59 | 216 d |   | |
| Dark | 108 | 36 | 14 | 21.3% 15%–30% | 19.0% | ordinary ×0.65 | 97 d |    | |
| Nostalgia | 14 | 7 | 48 | under 20 | 18.6% | cliché ×2.36 | 118 d |   | |
| Cinematic | 44 | 12 | 139 | 22.7% 13%–37% | 17.7% | ordinary ×0.57 | 118 d |  | |
| Difficult | 29 | 13 | 50 | 24.1% 12%–42% | 17.0% | ordinary ×0.40 | 251 d |    | |
| Story Rich | 771 | 237 | 37 | 17.0% 15%–20% | 16.7% | cliché ×2.48 | 90 d | | |
| Atmospheric | 230 | 75 | 31 | 17.0% 13%–22% | 16.1% | ordinary ×0.59 | 118 d | | |
| Emotional | 243 | 76 | 46 | 16.5% 12%–22% | 15.7% | cliché ×2.25 | 118 d | | |
| Music | 9 | 4 | 237 | under 20 | 15.0% | ordinary ×0.39 | 264 d |   | |
| Cozy | 16 | 8 | 34 | under 20 | 14.8% | avoided ×0.33 | 139 d |    |
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.
