The niche at a glance

Walking Simulator on Steam: 5,979 released games, 1,458 in the last 12 months, 2,670 announced and still unreleased. Of the 3,228 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 16 lifetime reviews. 39% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 12%. Walking Simulator 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 included3,228 releases
p101
p254
median16
p7556
p90201
39% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $3.99 · 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
150median 87 · 13% under 10 reviews
2020
289median 42 · 22% under 10 reviews
2021
450median 32 · 27% under 10 reviews
2022
443median 30 · 26% under 10 reviews
2023
577median 27 · 26% under 10 reviews
2024
1,044median 21 · 31% under 10 reviews
2025
1,315median 15 · 41% under 10 reviews
2026
1,196median 10 · 48% under 10 reviews · 431 too fresh

Walking Simulator × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Walking Simulator at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Walking Simulator ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Cooking30125520.0% 10%–37%14.7%
ordinary ×0.70133 d
Kiosk
Haven & Hearth
GIRLS MADE PUDDING
Kiosk · Haven & Hearth · GIRLS MADE PUDDING
War19718under 2013.7%
avoided ×0.21167 d
Plane Mechanic Simulator
It Takes a War
Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory
Plane Mechanic Simulator · It Takes a War · Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory
Underwater42102816.7% 8%–31%13.4%
cliché ×1.95446 d
Still Wakes the Deep
POOLS
Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2
Still Wakes the Deep · POOLS · Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2
World War I6341under 2012.8%
ordinary ×0.69167 d
The Lightkeeper
The Caribou Trail
The Lightkeeper · The Caribou Trail
Fishing15358under 2012.4%
ordinary ×0.91446 d
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2
Loan Shark
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 · Loan Shark
Cleaning75139under 2012.3%
cliché ×1.92121 d
Crime Scene Cleaner
Supermarket Chaos
Crime Scene Cleaner · Supermarket Chaos
Animals1199under 2010.7%
ordinary ×0.74173 d
Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd
OPUS: Prism Peak
Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd · OPUS: Prism Peak
Transportation116147under 2010.7%
ordinary ×0.60188 d
My Winter Car
Brno Transit
My Winter Car · Brno Transit
1980s99322111.1% 6%–19%10.4%
ordinary ×1.09133 d
Mixtape
[Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
Amenti
Mixtape · [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap · Amenti
Dogs3214412.5% 5%–28%10.2%
cliché ×1.69474 d
Copycat
DOGWALK
The Heroes Around Me
Copycat · DOGWALK · The Heroes Around Me
Snow32121512.5% 5%–28%10.2%
cliché ×2.35474 d
DOGWALK
Lushfoil Photography Sim
Mimic Search
DOGWALK · Lushfoil Photography Sim · Mimic Search
Post-apocalyptic104441210.6% 6%–18%9.9%
ordinary ×1.01124 d
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
The Talos Principle 2
Sheepy: A Short Adventure · DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH · The Talos Principle 2
Robots2471012.5% 4%–31%9.8%
ordinary ×0.38335 d
The Invincible
Hail to the Rainbow
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
The Invincible · Hail to the Rainbow · Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
LGBTQ+4593511.1% 5%–23%9.7%
ordinary ×0.62174 d
Mixtape
This Bed We Made
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Mixtape · This Bed We Made · CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Science2671011.5% 4%–29%9.4%
ordinary ×0.85932 d
The Talos Principle 2
The Invincible
Botany Manor
The Talos Principle 2 · The Invincible · Botany Manor
53 pairings cleared 20 releases; 54 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.6% 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.