Western games on Steam
The niche at a glance
Western on Steam: 697 released games, 217 in the last 12 months, 295 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 9. 50% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 11%. Western 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 included289 releasesReleases per year
outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviewsWestern × presentation: what the pairings end up with
every presentation tag shipped with Western at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation| Western × | 3 y | 12 m | median | ≥500 | adjusted | vs chance | last hit | who made it | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-Person | 74 | 21 | 15 | 16.2% 10%–26% | 14.2% | ordinary ×1.50 | 168 d |    | |
| Atmospheric | 49 | 14 | 26 | 16.3% 9%–29% | 13.5% | ordinary ×1.04 | 364 d |    | |
| Realistic | 33 | 10 | 26 | 15.2% 7%–31% | 11.9% | ordinary ×1.07 | 182 d |    | |
| Difficult | 12 | 6 | 17 | under 20 | 10.4% | ordinary ×1.29 | 168 d |  | |
| Gore | 14 | 3 | 46 | under 20 | 9.8% | cliché ×1.75 | 714 d | | |
| Comic Book | 7 | 1 | 15 | under 20 | 8.6% | ordinary ×1.48 | 761 d |  | |
| Fast-Paced | 8 | 3 | 4 | under 20 | 8.3% | cliché ×1.96 | 886 d | | |
| Comedy | 20 | 9 | 19 | 10.0% 3%–30% | 8.3% | ordinary ×1.34 | 168 d |  | |
| Story Rich | 44 | 13 | 21 | 9.1% 4%–21% | 8.3% | ordinary ×1.02 | 455 d | | |
| Dark | 21 | 4 | 26 | 9.5% 3%–29% | 8.1% | ordinary ×0.74 | 789 d | | |
| Dialogue Heavy | 9 | 2 | 26 | under 20 | 8.0% | ordinary ×1.05 | 789 d | | |
| Family Friendly | 22 | 6 | 18 | 9.1% 3%–28% | 7.9% | ordinary ×0.89 | 601 d |  | |
| Hand-drawn | 22 | 12 | 15 | 9.1% 3%–28% | 7.9% | ordinary ×1.44 | 761 d |  | |
| 3D | 125 | 40 | 12 | 8.0% 4%–14% | 7.8% | ordinary ×1.29 | 182 d |  | |
| Third Person | 37 | 12 | 17 | 8.1% 3%–21% | 7.6% | ordinary ×1.41 | 601 d | |
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.
