The niche at a glance

Time Travel on Steam: 936 released games, 264 in the last 12 months, 435 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 11. 45% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 12%. Time Travel 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 included387 releases
p100
p252
median11
p7570
p90337
45% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $7.99 · 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
25med 313 · 8% unseen
2020
52med 17 · 35% unseen
2021
92med 23 · 27% unseen
2022
82med 24 · 27% unseen
2023
93med 16 · 38% unseen
2024
122med 16 · 39% unseen
2025
143med 12 · 43% unseen
2026
158med 5 · 61% unseen · 65 too fresh

Time Travel × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Time Travel at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Time Travel ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Gore93264under 2018.4%
ordinary ×0.92243 d
Last Epoch
Cronos: The New Dawn
Dino Crisis
Last Epoch · Cronos: The New Dawn · Dino Crisis
Pixel Graphics77211019.5% 12%–30%16.8%
ordinary ×1.1892 d
Digimon Story Time Stranger
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
In Stars And Time
Digimon Story Time Stranger · Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · In Stars And Time
Violent10224under 2014.4%
ordinary ×0.85243 d
Last Epoch
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Last Epoch · Dino Crisis · Dino Crisis 2
Anime59172216.9% 9%–28%14.3%
cliché ×1.57376 d
Digimon Story Time Stranger
In Stars And Time
Depersonalization
Digimon Story Time Stranger · In Stars And Time · Depersonalization
Lore-Rich269919.2% 9%–38%13.8%
cliché ×2.43112 d
In Stars And Time
Reverse: 1999
Villages & Dungeons
In Stars And Time · Reverse: 1999 · Villages & Dungeons
Cinematic19434under 2013.7%
cliché ×2.15397 d
Cybernetic Fault
Old Skies
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Cybernetic Fault · Old Skies · Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Emotional44121415.9% 8%–29%13.0%
cliché ×2.51250 d
Digimon Story Time Stranger
In Stars And Time
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined
Digimon Story Time Stranger · In Stars And Time · DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined
Hand-drawn37122716.2% 8%–31%12.9%
cliché ×1.79483 d
An Arcade Full of Cats
In Stars And Time
Enigma of Fear
An Arcade Full of Cats · In Stars And Time · Enigma of Fear
Cozy6379under 2012.8%
ordinary ×0.50876 d
An Arcade Full of Cats
A Tower Full of Cats
An Arcade Full of Cats · A Tower Full of Cats
Story Rich153493413.1% 9%–19%12.3%
cliché ×2.50196 d
Digimon Story Time Stranger
Cronos: The New Dawn
In Stars And Time
Digimon Story Time Stranger · Cronos: The New Dawn · In Stars And Time
Atmospheric82221713.4% 8%–22%12.1%
ordinary ×1.3393 d
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Cronos: The New Dawn
In Stars And Time
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · Cronos: The New Dawn · In Stars And Time
Isometric16412under 2012.0%
ordinary ×1.22336 d
Last Epoch
Enigma of Fear
Rue Valley
Last Epoch · Enigma of Fear · Rue Valley
Colorful76191113.2% 7%–23%11.8%
ordinary ×0.98336 d
An Arcade Full of Cats
Reverse: 1999
Multiverse Loot Hunter
An Arcade Full of Cats · Reverse: 1999 · Multiverse Loot Hunter
Side Scroller18420under 2011.4%
ordinary ×1.15397 d
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
DragonLoop
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · Chrono Gear: Warden of Time · DragonLoop
Minimalist207915.0% 5%–36%10.8%
ordinary ×0.80377 d
An Arcade Full of Cats
A Tower Full of Cats
Chronoquartz
An Arcade Full of Cats · A Tower Full of Cats · Chronoquartz
32 pairings cleared 20 releases; 16 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.