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A terrifying 20,282 games were released on Steam in 2025, and just 608 managed to get 1,000 reviews, expert finds: "We might be in a bit of an indie golden age"
['Austin Wood', 'Senior Writer', 'Social Links Navigation']
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Zukowski is quick to qualify, "My survey stops at games that earned 1,000 reviews minimum.
A more interesting data spread pits these genres against themselves, measuring what percentage of the games in each genre managed to hit 1,000 reviews.
A whopping 20.8% of open-world survival craft games, or a whole 15 different games, reached 1,000 reviews in 2025 – miles ahead of the second-place genre, farming games, which sits at 8.3% with five games.
Other top genres include roguelike deckbuilder (5.1%, 11 games total) simulation (4.1%, 43 games), management (3.4%, 19 games), and racing (2.1%, 14 games).
(Image credit: Valve)Genres with the lowest percentage of highly reviewed games include 2D platformers (0.18%, 3 games), point-and-click adventure (0.18%, again with 3 games), and puzzle games (0.34%, 14 games).