The niche at a glance

Time Manipulation on Steam: 1,161 released games, 359 in the last 12 months, 542 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 9. 51% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 11%. Time Manipulation 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 included464 releases
p100
p251
median9
p7535
p90157
51% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 11% 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
30med 40 · 30% unseen
2020
82med 26 · 32% unseen
2021
105med 12 · 41% unseen
2022
108med 17 · 34% unseen
2023
121med 16 · 37% unseen
2024
150med 12 · 45% unseen
2025
165med 13 · 42% unseen
2026
213med 2 · 72% unseen · 83 too fresh

Time Manipulation × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Time Manipulation at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Time Manipulation ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Anime2432720.8% 9%–40%14.4%
ordinary ×0.55348 d
DevilConnection
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
DevilConnection · Chrono Gear: Warden of Time · Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
Dialogue Heavy2051320.0% 8%–42%13.3%
cliché ×1.57196 d
Nobody Wants to Die
DevilConnection
New Day
Nobody Wants to Die · DevilConnection · New Day
Noir15741under 2012.4%
cliché ×2.45196 d
Nobody Wants to Die
The Drifter
The Posthumous Investigation
Nobody Wants to Die · The Drifter · The Posthumous Investigation
Story Rich97272910.3% 6%–18%9.7%
ordinary ×1.39196 d
Nobody Wants to Die
The Drifter
DevilConnection
Nobody Wants to Die · The Drifter · DevilConnection
Dark Humor151051under 209.5%
ordinary ×1.23341 d
DevilConnection
Dinocop
DevilConnection · Dinocop
Hand-drawn2682311.5% 4%–29%9.4%
ordinary ×1.19483 d
Braid, Anniversary Edition
DragonLoop
Dungeon Crusher: Soul Hunters
Braid, Anniversary Edition · DragonLoop · Dungeon Crusher: Soul Hunters
Satire5454under 209.3%
ordinary ×1.01341 d
Dinocop
Dinocop
Thriller18918under 208.8%
ordinary ×1.07453 d
Nobody Wants to Die
The Drifter
Nobody Wants to Die · The Drifter
Comedy218139.5% 3%–29%8.1%
ordinary ×0.89196 d
Dinocop
The Posthumous Investigation
Dinocop · The Posthumous Investigation
Side Scroller21559.5% 3%–29%8.1%
cliché ×1.61397 d
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
DragonLoop
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time · DragonLoop
Dark Comedy9551under 208.0%
ordinary ×1.43341 d
Dinocop
Dinocop
Pixel Graphics7222128.3% 4%–17%8.0%
ordinary ×1.0492 d
The Drifter
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Ascend to ZERO
The Drifter · Chrono Gear: Warden of Time · Ascend to ZERO
Relaxing6317167.9% 3%–17%7.6%
ordinary ×1.03152 d
Revolution Idle
Hotel Architect
New Day
Revolution Idle · Hotel Architect · New Day
Difficult268197.7% 2%–24%7.2%
cliché ×1.73322 d
No Plan B
Chronigma
No Plan B · Chronigma
Minimalist411477.3% 3%–19%7.1%
cliché ×1.91483 d
Revolution Idle
Cube Chaos
Magic Research 2
Revolution Idle · Cube Chaos · Magic Research 2
36 pairings cleared 20 releases; 15 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.