The niche at a glance

Score Attack on Steam: 5,828 released games, 1,663 in the last 12 months, 2,382 announced and still unreleased. Of the 2,739 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 6 lifetime reviews. 58% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. Score Attack 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 included2,739 releases
p100
p251
median6
p7523
p9089
58% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 10% 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
127median 18 · 32% under 10 reviews
2020
345median 10 · 50% under 10 reviews
2021
592median 10 · 49% under 10 reviews
2022
566median 11 · 46% under 10 reviews
2023
624median 9 · 50% under 10 reviews
2024
808median 9 · 52% under 10 reviews
2025
982median 6 · 57% under 10 reviews
2026
1,458median 4 · 66% under 10 reviews · 617 too fresh

Score Attack × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Score Attack at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Score Attack ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Dark Fantasy101381112.9% 8%–21%11.8%
ordinary ×0.74129 d
Soulstone Survivors
The Spell Brigade
The Braves
Soulstone Survivors · The Spell Brigade · The Braves
LGBTQ+2182614.3% 5%–35%10.5%
avoided ×0.23210 d
vivid/stasis
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't
Urban Jungle
vivid/stasis · Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't · Urban Jungle
Music63261011.1% 5%–21%10.0%
cliché ×2.2899 d
Dead as Disco
hololive Dreams
Bits & Bops
Dead as Disco · hololive Dreams · Bits & Bops
Sniper248512.5% 4%–31%9.8%
cliché ×2.61510 d
EZ-Crosshair — Custom Crosshair Overlay & Aim Trainer
Scope X
Shooters, Ready!
EZ-Crosshair — Custom Crosshair Overlay & Aim Trainer · Scope X · Shooters, Ready!
Skating15517under 209.5%
cliché ×3.99106 d
Denshattack!
Driftwood
Denshattack! · Driftwood
Vampires16914under 209.2%
ordinary ×1.03909 d
The Braves
The Braves: Beginning
The Braves · The Braves: Beginning
Faith7334under 208.6%
ordinary ×0.76439 d
Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders.
Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders.
Job Simulator745under 208.6%
ordinary ×0.6494 d
Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron
Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron
Superhero19310under 208.5%
ordinary ×1.13406 d
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
MOMO Crash
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics · MOMO Crash
Snow207210.0% 3%–30%8.3%
ordinary ×1.49350 d
Assetto Corsa Rally
Bouncemasters
Assetto Corsa Rally · Bouncemasters
Romance214319.5% 3%–29%8.1%
avoided ×0.16525 d
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS · Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Psychological Horror461358.7% 3%–20%8.1%
avoided ×0.20329 d
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
vivid/stasis
‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS · vivid/stasis · ‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
Naval9310under 208.0%
ordinary ×0.75713 d
Fish Idle 2: Underwater Mystery
Fish Idle 2: Underwater Mystery
Skateboarding937under 208.0%
cliché ×3.80454 d
Driftwood
Driftwood
Steampunk9012under 208.0%
ordinary ×0.72965 d
BORE BLASTERS
BORE BLASTERS
49 pairings cleared 20 releases; 40 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.