The niche at a glance

PvP on Steam: 9,935 released games, 2,518 in the last 12 months, 6,516 announced and still unreleased. Of the 4,513 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 13 lifetime reviews. 44% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 25%. PvP 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 included4,513 releases
p100
p252
median13
p7572
p90614
44% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 25% 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
265median 125 · 17% under 10 reviews
2020
674median 42 · 29% under 10 reviews
2021
864median 30 · 30% under 10 reviews
2022
1,022median 24 · 33% under 10 reviews
2023
1,193median 21 · 33% under 10 reviews
2024
1,417median 17 · 38% under 10 reviews
2025
1,623median 13 · 43% under 10 reviews
2026
2,177median 8 · 53% under 10 reviews · 957 too fresh