The niche at a glance

Skiing on Steam: 97 released games, 31 in the last 12 months, 37 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 19. 38% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 12%. Skiing 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 included37 releases
p100
p251
median19
p75119
p90576
38% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $8.67 · 12% 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
6med 16 · 33% unseen
2020
3med 121 · 33% unseen
2021
6med 39 · 17% unseen
2022
11med 24 · 36% unseen
2023
9med 17 · 33% unseen
2024
13med 46 · 23% unseen
2025
14med 70 · 29% unseen
2026
19med 1 · 86% unseen · 12 too fresh

Skiing × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Skiing at least 5 times · same window
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Skiing ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Atmospheric91278under 2014.9%
ordinary ×1.36420 d
Sword of the Sea
TRIBES 3: Rivals
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Sword of the Sea · TRIBES 3: Rivals · SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Stylized90278under 2014.9%
cliché ×1.65420 d
Sword of the Sea
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
Sword of the Sea · SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding · Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
3D19585under 2013.7%
cliché ×1.87420 d
Sword of the Sea
TRIBES 3: Rivals
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Sword of the Sea · TRIBES 3: Rivals · SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Minimalist6059under 2012.8%
cliché ×1.80420 d
Sword of the Sea
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Sword of the Sea · SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Relaxing9083under 2011.5%
cliché ×2.06603 d
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding · Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
Third Person113138under 2010.8%
cliché ×2.85420 d
Sword of the Sea
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Sword of the Sea · SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Family Friendly6019under 209.0%
cliché ×2.22630 d
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
First-Person7156under 208.6%
ordinary ×1.28945 d
TRIBES 3: Rivals
TRIBES 3: Rivals
Colorful10219under 207.8%
cliché ×1.58420 d
Sword of the Sea
Sword of the Sea
Retro5010under 205.3%
ordinary ×1.25never
Pixel Graphics602under 205.1%
ordinary ×0.86never
Cute9410under 204.6%
ordinary ×1.12never
2D1125under 204.3%
ordinary ×0.72never
0 pairings cleared 20 releases; 57 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.