The niche at a glance

Strategy RPG on Steam: 3,838 released games, 1,424 in the last 12 months, 2,136 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 12. 46% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 13%. Strategy RPG 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 included1,685 releases
p100
p252
median12
p7578
p90471
46% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $8.99 · 13% 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
77med 138 · 13% unseen
2020
152med 70 · 20% unseen
2021
275med 21 · 35% unseen
2022
340med 24 · 32% unseen
2023
409med 30 · 30% unseen
2024
508med 21 · 35% unseen
2025
602med 13 · 45% unseen
2026
846med 3 · 63% unseen · 366 too fresh

Strategy RPG × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Strategy RPG at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Strategy RPG ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Dating Sim541813329.6% 19%–43%23.4%
ordinary ×0.65119 d
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Revenge on gold diggers
Persona 3 Reload
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome · Revenge on gold diggers · Persona 3 Reload
Wuxia1310340under 2022.2%
cliché ×7.4298 d
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
龙胤立志传
Destiny of Immortal
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome · 龙胤立志传 · Destiny of Immortal
Military69192326.1% 17%–38%21.7%
cliché ×2.33168 d
MENACE
Tactical Breach Wizards
龙胤立志传
MENACE · Tactical Breach Wizards · 龙胤立志传
Martial Arts38168326.3% 15%–42%19.5%
cliché ×2.97119 d
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
龙胤立志传
The Matchless Kungfu
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome · 龙胤立志传 · The Matchless Kungfu
Historical116323721.6% 15%–30%19.4%
cliché ×3.19152 d
Road to Empress I
Xenonauts 2
The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle
Road to Empress I · Xenonauts 2 · The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle
Mining10226under 2017.8%
ordinary ×0.81139 d
Thriving City: Song
Starminer
Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith
Thriving City: Song · Starminer · Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith
Romance44133620.5% 11%–35%16.1%
ordinary ×0.65319 d
Revenge on gold diggers
极速营救
恋爱吗?我家猫会后空翻
Revenge on gold diggers · 极速营救 · 恋爱吗?我家猫会后空翻
World War II7023under 2016.0%
cliché ×1.59553 d
Classified: France '44
Burden of Command™
Headquarters: World War II
Classified: France '44 · Burden of Command™ · Headquarters: World War II
Xianxia149121under 2015.7%
cliché ×8.4498 d
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Ascension
Destiny of Immortal
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome · Ascension · Destiny of Immortal
Female Protagonist142452716.9% 12%–24%15.6%
ordinary ×0.98127 d
Road to Empress I
Road to Empress Ⅱ
Buy a Croquette!
Road to Empress I · Road to Empress Ⅱ · Buy a Croquette!
Time Travel9166under 2014.9%
ordinary ×0.94424 d
Depersonalization
Reverse: 1999
Multiverse Loot Hunter
Depersonalization · Reverse: 1999 · Multiverse Loot Hunter
Psychological Horror38103218.4% 9%–33%14.4%
avoided ×0.27329 d
Buy a Croquette!
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
Sinister Night 2
Buy a Croquette! · Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery · Sinister Night 2
War131362215.3% 10%–22%14.1%
cliché ×3.07145 d
Mechabellum
MENACE
龙胤立志传
Mechabellum · MENACE · 龙胤立志传
Mechs11114under 2014.0%
cliché ×1.68440 d
Mechabellum
Mecharashi
Metal Slug Tactics
Mechabellum · Mecharashi · Metal Slug Tactics
LGBTQ+2685419.2% 9%–38%13.8%
ordinary ×0.60127 d
Road to Empress I
Road to Empress Ⅱ
Back to the Dawn
Road to Empress I · Road to Empress Ⅱ · Back to the Dawn
39 pairings cleared 20 releases; 58 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.