The niche at a glance

Resource Management on Steam: 6,825 released games, 2,707 in the last 12 months, 6,905 announced and still unreleased. Of the 3,534 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 18 lifetime reviews. 39% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 7%. Resource Management 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 included3,534 releases
p101
p254
median18
p75108
p90615
39% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 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
136median 84 · 15% under 10 reviews
2020
307median 29 · 28% under 10 reviews
2021
422median 31 · 29% under 10 reviews
2022
478median 39 · 24% under 10 reviews
2023
578median 33 · 29% under 10 reviews
2024
865median 23 · 35% under 10 reviews
2025
1,243median 18 · 40% under 10 reviews
2026
2,407median 15 · 43% under 10 reviews · 1,065 too fresh

Resource Management × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Resource Management at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Resource Management ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Mars126485under 2022.9%
cliché ×2.67233 d
Plan B: Terraform
Occupy Mars: The Game
Surviving Mars: Relaunched
Plan B: Terraform · Occupy Mars: The Game · Surviving Mars: Relaunched
Historical191776623.6% 18%–30%22.0%
cliché ×1.99189 d
Manor Lords
Against the Storm
Europa Universalis V
Manor Lords · Against the Storm · Europa Universalis V
Baseball64543under 2020.5%
ordinary ×0.96188 d
Titanium Court
Out of the Park Baseball 25
Out of the Park Baseball 26
Titanium Court · Out of the Park Baseball 25 · Out of the Park Baseball 26
Rome124276under 2019.8%
cliché ×2.07197 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Citadelum
Gods of Sand
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Citadelum · Gods of Sand
Alternate History64262723.4% 15%–35%19.4%
ordinary ×1.36191 d
Europa Universalis V
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Farthest Frontier
Europa Universalis V · Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic · Farthest Frontier
Fishing77392722.1% 14%–33%18.9%
cliché ×2.24104 d
Cast n Chill
Grimshire
Cornerpond
Cast n Chill · Grimshire · Cornerpond
Heist9524under 2018.4%
ordinary ×0.64331 d
Arena Breakout: Infinite
Slut Squad
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Arena Breakout: Infinite · Slut Squad · Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Dating Sim59287322.0% 13%–34%18.1%
ordinary ×0.35138 d
School Days
IN HEAT: Lustful Nights
Little Goody Two Shoes
School Days · IN HEAT: Lustful Nights · Little Goody Two Shoes
Mining1831063518.6% 14%–25%17.4%
cliché ×5.34104 d
(the) Gnorp Apologue
Upload Labs
Keep on Mining!
(the) Gnorp Apologue · Upload Labs · Keep on Mining!
Trains49227620.4% 11%–34%16.4%
cliché ×3.55425 d
Plan B: Terraform
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Plan B: Terraform · Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator · Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Job Simulator120675817.5% 12%–25%15.9%
cliché ×4.69121 d
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
Storage Hunter Simulator
Supermarket Chaos
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 · Storage Hunter Simulator · Supermarket Chaos
World War II15518under 2015.2%
ordinary ×0.70475 d
Click and Conquer
Ground of Aces – The World War II Airbase Builder
World War Armies
Click and Conquer · Ground of Aces – The World War II Airbase Builder · World War Armies
Farming50215818.0% 10%–31%14.8%
cliché ×4.29237 d
Farthest Frontier
Rusty's Retirement
The Farmer Was Replaced
Farthest Frontier · Rusty's Retirement · The Farmer Was Replaced
LGBTQ+2387121.7% 10%–42%14.7%
avoided ×0.26169 d
Little Goody Two Shoes
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
Slut Squad
Little Goody Two Shoes · Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition · Slut Squad
Science57243317.5% 10%–29%14.7%
cliché ×1.70202 d
Timberborn
The Alters
The Universim
Timberborn · The Alters · The Universim
65 pairings cleared 20 releases; 39 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.