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 × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting 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
Trains2874432.1% 18%–51%21.5%
cliché ×2.06139 d
Monster Train 2
Plan B: Terraform
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Monster Train 2 · Plan B: Terraform · Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Dwarves16668under 2020.4%
cliché ×2.97279 d
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
Gnomes
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor · Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot · Gnomes
Transportation2784329.6% 16%–48%19.8%
cliché ×1.58188 d
shapez 2 - Factory
Plan B: Terraform
Mars First Logistics
shapez 2 - Factory · Plan B: Terraform · Mars First Logistics
Heist18911under 2019.3%
cliché ×1.64140 d
The Precinct
Dark Hours: Prologue
Burglin' Gnomes
The Precinct · Dark Hours: Prologue · Burglin' Gnomes
Post-apocalyptic142452119.7% 14%–27%18.1%
ordinary ×1.5092 d
R.E.P.O.
7 Days to Die
Content Warning
R.E.P.O. · 7 Days to Die · Content Warning
Mining91431819.8% 13%–29%17.4%
cliché ×4.00180 d
A Game About Digging A Hole™
Keep Digging
Wall World 2
A Game About Digging A Hole™ · Keep Digging · Wall World 2
Survival Horror161611318.0% 13%–25%16.8%
ordinary ×1.2496 d
PEAK
Content Warning
MISERY
PEAK · Content Warning · MISERY
Naval13541under 2016.1%
ordinary ×1.30216 d
Salt 2: Shores of Gold
Darkwater
Rogue Waters
Salt 2: Shores of Gold · Darkwater · Rogue Waters
Mars826under 2015.5%
ordinary ×1.30398 d
Plan B: Terraform
Mars First Logistics
Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Plan B: Terraform · Mars First Logistics · Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Vampires2161423.8% 11%–45%15.4%
ordinary ×0.84784 d
The Braves
Scarlet Tower
KeeperRL
The Braves · Scarlet Tower · KeeperRL
Submarine9324under 2014.9%
ordinary ×1.09216 d
Darkwater
Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
Darkwater · Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival · Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
Transhumanism9136under 2014.9%
ordinary ×0.79252 d
Caves of Qud
Picayune Dreams
Horsey Game
Caves of Qud · Picayune Dreams · Horsey Game
Noir2413720.8% 9%–40%14.4%
ordinary ×0.67265 d
Shadows of Doubt
The Precinct
Dystopika
Shadows of Doubt · The Precinct · Dystopika
Farming11334under 2014.0%
ordinary ×1.21184 d
Len's Island
Mini Settlers
Agrivore: Incremental Farming
Len's Island · Mini Settlers · Agrivore: Incremental Farming
Martial Arts114279under 2014.0%
ordinary ×0.74142 d
Realm of Ink
Killer Bean
KIBORG
Realm of Ink · Killer Bean · KIBORG
55 pairings cleared 20 releases; 43 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.