The realistic ceiling for each genre
Pick a genre to see what it realistically produces on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Two honest views, kept separate.
- Roguelike
- Roguelite
- Roguelike deckbuilder
- Deckbuilding
- Metroidvania
- Platformer
- Precision platformer
- Souls-like
- City builder
- Colony sim
- Automation
- Farming sim
- Horror
- Survival horror
- Psychological horror
- Co-op
- FPS
- Twin-stick shooter
- Bullet hell
- JRPG
- CRPG
- Turn-based tactics
- Survival
- Management
- Visual novel
- Story-rich
- Walking simulator
- Puzzle
- Grand strategy
- 4X
- Dungeon crawler
- Immersive sim
- Stealth
- Cozy
- Tower defense
- Rhythm
- Party game
- Simulation
Building your own game? Size up your concept against its genre before you spend months on it.