The niche at a glance

Procedural Generation on Steam: 6,282 released games, 1,663 in the last 12 months, 4,859 announced and still unreleased. Of the 2,865 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 12 lifetime reviews. 47% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 7%. Procedural Generation 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 included2,865 releases
p100
p252
median12
p7552
p90425
47% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.39 · 7% 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
187median 49 · 24% under 10 reviews
2020
356median 21 · 35% under 10 reviews
2021
557median 18 · 37% under 10 reviews
2022
610median 19 · 35% under 10 reviews
2023
641median 23 · 34% under 10 reviews
2024
915median 16 · 40% under 10 reviews
2025
1,032median 12 · 46% under 10 reviews
2026
1,465median 6 · 55% under 10 reviews · 654 too fresh

Procedural Generation × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Procedural Generation at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Procedural Generation ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Dark Humor59212620.3% 12%–32%16.9%
ordinary ×0.77145 d
MIMESIS
PILGRIM
Lucky Tower Ultimate
MIMESIS · PILGRIM · Lucky Tower Ultimate
Voxel55182620.0% 12%–32%16.4%
cliché ×3.61203 d
7 Days to Die
A Game About Digging A Hole™
Going Medieval
7 Days to Die · A Game About Digging A Hole™ · Going Medieval
Experimental277922.2% 11%–41%15.6%
cliché ×1.50195 d
Tiny Glade
DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Tiny Glade · DEAD LETTER DEPT. · Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Noir2413720.8% 9%–40%14.4%
ordinary ×0.67265 d
Shadows of Doubt
The Precinct
Dystopika
Shadows of Doubt · The Precinct · Dystopika
Horror3051201414.4% 11%–19%13.9%
ordinary ×0.86133 d
R.E.P.O.
PEAK
7 Days to Die
R.E.P.O. · PEAK · 7 Days to Die
Cozy64291815.6% 9%–26%13.5%
ordinary ×0.97195 d
Tiny Glade
Dystopika
BitCraft Online
Tiny Glade · Dystopika · BitCraft Online
Difficult3151072613.3% 10%–18%12.9%
cliché ×2.13103 d
Slay the Spire 2
9 Kings
Caves of Qud
Slay the Spire 2 · 9 Kings · Caves of Qud
Comedy116502613.8% 9%–21%12.7%
ordinary ×0.5590 d
R.E.P.O.
PEAK
Content Warning
R.E.P.O. · PEAK · Content Warning
First-Person4271591412.9% 10%–16%12.6%
ordinary ×0.9396 d
R.E.P.O.
PEAK
Content Warning
R.E.P.O. · PEAK · Content Warning
Wholesome15336under 2012.4%
ordinary ×0.59450 d
Cuisineer
Tall Trails
Islands & Trains
Cuisineer · Tall Trails · Islands & Trains
Realistic161441612.4% 8%–18%11.8%
ordinary ×0.6296 d
Nightingale
The Precinct
GOALS
Nightingale · The Precinct · GOALS
Fast-Paced61241013.1% 7%–24%11.5%
ordinary ×1.46265 d
Windblown
VOID/BREAKER
CRUEL
Windblown · VOID/BREAKER · CRUEL
Funny2901061611.7% 9%–16%11.4%
ordinary ×0.78100 d
R.E.P.O.
Content Warning
Nuclear Nightmare
R.E.P.O. · Content Warning · Nuclear Nightmare
Gore56191512.5% 6%–24%11.0%
ordinary ×0.60208 d
Mortal Sin
CRUEL
KIBORG
Mortal Sin · CRUEL · KIBORG
Emotional2181414.3% 5%–35%10.6%
avoided ×0.17195 d
Lucky Tower Ultimate
DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Doki Doki AI Interrogation
Lucky Tower Ultimate · DEAD LETTER DEPT. · Doki Doki AI Interrogation
56 pairings cleared 20 releases; 8 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.