The niche at a glance

PvE on Steam: 10,869 released games, 3,238 in the last 12 months, 8,933 announced and still unreleased. Of the 6,114 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%. PvE 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 included6,114 releases
p100
p252
median8
p7536
p90290
53% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 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 34 · 18% under 10 reviews
2020
404median 16 · 42% under 10 reviews
2021
803median 15 · 42% under 10 reviews
2022
933median 14 · 42% under 10 reviews
2023
1,316median 12 · 46% under 10 reviews
2024
1,937median 12 · 46% under 10 reviews
2025
2,256median 8 · 52% under 10 reviews
2026
2,786median 4 · 61% under 10 reviews · 1,114 too fresh