Simulation games on Steam
Simulation on Steam: 35,406 released games, 11,908 in the last 12 months, 14,155 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 13. 46% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. Simulation 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 included14,287 releasesp100
p250
median13
p7571
p90403
46% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 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 reviews2019
1,567med 35 · 28% unseen
2020
1,946med 29 · 29% unseen
2021
2,119med 26 · 30% unseen
2022
2,353med 24 · 30% unseen
2023
2,963med 21 · 35% unseen
2024
4,060med 20 · 37% unseen
2025
5,252med 16 · 42% unseen
2026
7,072med 0 · 61% unseen · 3,068 too fresh
Best known here
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Latest releases
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