The niche at a glance

Real Time Tactics on Steam: 3,567 released games, 1,204 in the last 12 months, 1,875 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 7. 54% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 14%. Real Time Tactics 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 included1,574 releases
p100
p251
median7
p7537
p90236
54% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 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
68med 38 · 22% unseen
2020
164med 23 · 34% unseen
2021
290med 17 · 41% unseen
2022
290med 21 · 34% unseen
2023
382med 13 · 43% unseen
2024
476med 12 · 45% unseen
2025
587med 8 · 52% unseen
2026
732med 2 · 68% unseen · 322 too fresh

Real Time Tactics × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Real Time Tactics at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Real Time Tactics ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
World War II3185732.3% 19%–50%22.2%
cliché ×4.81173 d
Men of War II
Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
Commandos: Origins
Men of War II · Call to Arms: Panzer Elite · Commandos: Origins
Villain Protagonist70606under 2019.8%
cliché ×1.76383 d
Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Buggos 2
Dungeon Warfare 3
Dungeon Keeper™ 2 · Buggos 2 · Dungeon Warfare 3
Historical136394921.3% 15%–29%19.4%
cliché ×3.70124 d
Going Medieval
WARNO
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
Going Medieval · WARNO · Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
Tanks3393721.2% 11%–38%15.7%
cliché ×5.75173 d
Broken Arrow
WARNO
Men of War II
Broken Arrow · WARNO · Men of War II
Martial Arts16442under 2014.8%
ordinary ×1.08219 d
The Lost Village
JIANGHU CHRONICLES
欺神弄鬼
The Lost Village · JIANGHU CHRONICLES · 欺神弄鬼
Cold War10457under 2014.4%
cliché ×3.54700 d
Arma Reforger
WARNO
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
Arma Reforger · WARNO · Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
LGBTQ+10123under 2014.4%
avoided ×0.19503 d
Tapple - Idle Clicker
Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi
Squad 22: ZOV
Tapple - Idle Clicker · Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi · Squad 22: ZOV
World War I10215under 2014.4%
cliché ×4.06277 d
Last Train Home
Rising Front
Warfare Legacy Collection
Last Train Home · Rising Front · Warfare Legacy Collection
Football (Soccer)17613under 2014.4%
cliché ×3.65312 d
REMATCH
Football Manager 2024
Pro Soccer Online
REMATCH · Football Manager 2024 · Pro Soccer Online
Military213561915.0% 11%–20%14.3%
cliché ×7.35168 d
Arma Reforger
Broken Arrow
WARNO
Arma Reforger · Broken Arrow · WARNO
Heist11237under 2014.0%
cliché ×2.09929 d
One-armed robber
Just Another Night Shift
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
One-armed robber · Just Another Night Shift · Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
War274751614.2% 11%–19%13.7%
cliché ×7.59124 d
Arma Reforger
Broken Arrow
WARNO
Arma Reforger · Broken Arrow · WARNO
Trains50274under 2013.3%
ordinary ×1.15964 d
Last Train Home
Rail Route
Last Train Home · Rail Route
Naval Combat30113716.7% 7%–34%12.7%
cliché ×7.27259 d
Broken Arrow
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Broken Arrow · Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age · 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Naval2352417.4% 7%–37%12.4%
cliché ×5.10259 d
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age · 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far · Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
36 pairings cleared 20 releases; 55 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% 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.