The niche at a glance

World War I on Steam: 270 released games, 63 in the last 12 months, 103 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 13. 46% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. World War I 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 included93 releases
p100
p251
median13
p75109
p90954
46% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $9.85 · 10% 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
8med 696 · 0% unseen
2020
13med 103 · 31% unseen
2021
19med 29 · 37% unseen
2022
23med 19 · 43% unseen
2023
30med 17 · 27% unseen
2024
29med 8 · 52% unseen
2025
30med 15 · 43% unseen
2026
41med 12 · 48% unseen · 16 too fresh

World War I × mechanics: what the pairings end up with

every mechanics tag shipped with World War I at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
World War I ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Tactical155126under 2021.0%
cliché ×3.71221 d
Age of History 3
Over The Top: WWI
Last Train Home
Age of History 3 · Over The Top: WWI · Last Train Home
Strategy3271725.0% 13%–42%17.9%
cliché ×2.07181 d
Age of History 3
Last Train Home
Rising Front
Age of History 3 · Last Train Home · Rising Front
Exploration115109under 2017.2%
ordinary ×0.53152 d
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
The Lightkeeper
Trench Face
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut · The Lightkeeper · Trench Face
Management9388under 2014.9%
ordinary ×1.35571 d
Last Train Home
All Quiet in the Trenches
KAISERPUNK
Last Train Home · All Quiet in the Trenches · KAISERPUNK
Survival9265under 2014.9%
ordinary ×0.95812 d
Last Train Home
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
All Quiet in the Trenches
Last Train Home · CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut · All Quiet in the Trenches
Simulation30131520.0% 10%–37%14.7%
cliché ×1.66181 d
Over The Top: WWI
Rising Front
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
Over The Top: WWI · Rising Front · Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
Real Time Tactics10215under 2014.4%
cliché ×4.06277 d
Last Train Home
Rising Front
Warfare Legacy Collection
Last Train Home · Rising Front · Warfare Legacy Collection
Sandbox11425under 2014.0%
cliché ×1.94181 d
Rising Front
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
KAISERPUNK
Rising Front · Age of History 2: Definitive Edition · KAISERPUNK
Wargame2671319.2% 9%–38%13.8%
cliché ×19.96181 d
Age of History 3
Last Train Home
Rising Front
Age of History 3 · Last Train Home · Rising Front
Grand Strategy12325under 2013.5%
cliché ×12.43181 d
Age of History 3
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
KAISERPUNK
Age of History 3 · Age of History 2: Definitive Edition · KAISERPUNK
Adventure2781618.5% 8%–37%13.5%
ordinary ×0.64152 d
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
The Lightkeeper
Trench Face
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut · The Lightkeeper · Trench Face
Building5088under 2013.3%
ordinary ×1.02571 d
Age of History 3
KAISERPUNK
Age of History 3 · KAISERPUNK
Survival Horror5125under 2013.3%
ordinary ×1.04406 d
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
Trench Face
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut · Trench Face
Choices Matter13481under 2013.1%
ordinary ×1.32401 d
Last Train Home
The Lightkeeper
All Quiet in the Trenches
Last Train Home · The Lightkeeper · All Quiet in the Trenches
Walking Simulator6441under 2012.8%
ordinary ×0.83152 d
The Lightkeeper
The Caribou Trail
The Lightkeeper · The Caribou Trail
6 pairings cleared 20 releases; 180 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.