Addictive tag
Tag created in July 2018
Addictive's popularity amongst developers
This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Addictive tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The number of releases gives a sense of the amount of games published each year. It often increases, following the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better view of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Addictive tag is getting more or less popular. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Addictive game tag peaked in 2019 with 110 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 0.28% in 2012 and 0.0042% in 2023.
Keep in mind that the current year is not over, so the number of games released will still increase. But the percentage is usually a good estimate.
Addictive's popularity amongst players
On this chart, you can see the reviews for games associated with the Addictive tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Addictive tag games.
A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 90 (2010) and 2430 (2014) reviews. Keep in mind that it is the average and not the median, meaning it is heavily influenced by extreme values, like a very successful game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Addictive tag received between 102% (2023) and 374% (2014) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Addictive
This chart displays the evolution of the Addictive tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median price for Addictive games peaked in 2012 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2015 at 3.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2015 at 24%, and bottomed in 2019 at 2%.
Positive reviews ratio for Addictive, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Addictive tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The highest rating for Addictive is 95% for the Romanian language, and the lowest is 89% for the Japanese language.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Defense high | "Defend your land from invading creatures in Defense High! Place diverse towers strategically, mine enemy paths, collect coins, and upgrade towers for more power. Face challenging waves and bosses, use special abilities, and save your people in this action-packed Tower Defense game!" | 0.99 | 69% | Apr 17, 2020 |
  | Best Plumber | Help the young plumber hold the water in the right direction as fast as you can. | 3.99 | 82.9% | Oct 17, 2019 |
  | Space Wars | Defend Earth's orbital station, destroy alien invaders, and upgrade your ship with powerful weapons and shields in "SPACE WARS" - an immersive arcade scrolling shooter. Save humanity from the invading forces and conquer space in this action-packed, visually stunning game. | 3.99 | 84.8% | Apr 24, 2020 |
  | Battle Ram | Battle Ram - an experiment of scientists developed in a secret laboratory, a powerful creature against robots, who will win? | 3.99 | 88.7% | Jan 5, 2023 |
  | Power Brain Trainer | Effective Brain Training with Power Brain Trainer. A good choice for anyone who wants to develop their mental capacity. | 11.99 | 88.5% | Aug 20, 2019 |
  | Space Candy | "Space Candy is a captivating Arkanoid game with a cosmic twist. Collect space sweets by breaking blocks with a ball-controlled platform, while battling pesky aliens. Enjoy diverse bonuses, challenging levels, and exciting power-ups in this action-packed space adventure!" | 3.99 | 72.7% | Nov 9, 2019 |
  | Roundabout 3 | An insanely addictive, one button endurance/avoidance game with adrenaline pumping music and lots of eye candy... Roundabout 3 is easy to pick up and play for gamers of all ages. Click to rotate while following the beat, and avoid hitting the walls! | 1.99 | 90% | Jul 13, 2020 |
  | Taphouse VR | In Taphouse VR, you are the bartender! Run your own taphouse, give drunk dwarves their fill of delicious ale or drench the bunch by mixing delicious cocktails! Everything around the counter is yours to mess with - including your paying customers. | Free | 92.4% | Sep 27, 2018 |
  | Age of Gladiators | Age of Gladiators is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities. | 9.99 | 78.8% | Feb 25, 2016 |
  | Beholder 2 | You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make! | 14.99 | 88.3% | Dec 4, 2018 |
  | Age of Gladiators II: Death League | Age of Gladiators II: Death League is a single-player strategy game set in the futuristic 3000AD, during the rebirth of the violent and hyper-competitive gladiatorial games. Manage your franchise while forging the attributes and abilities of your warriors. Build your story. Build your empire. | 12.99 | 69.6% | Sep 21, 2017 |
  | Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics | The official adaptation of the famous board game Carcassonne! A modern classic tile-placement game based on the award winning game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The player can then decide to place one of his followers, called Meeples. | 9.99 | 84.7% | Nov 29, 2017 |
  | Sausage Hunter | Sausage hunter is an exciting platformer in the best traditions of hand-drawn games. | 29.99 | 77.3% | Jun 17, 2020 |
  | Core Defense | A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run! | 9.99 | 79.2% | Jul 30, 2020 |
  | Terminal squad: Swarmites | Terminal squad: swarmites is a game with indirect control where you must erect a chain of buildings, which generate resources for construction or the combat units for destruction of an enemy. | 6.99 | 60% | Jan 30, 2020 |
  | Faerie Solitaire | Have magical fun in the addicting Card game, Faerie Solitaire! Find and raise a Faerie pet and repopulate the magical land of Avalon using the resources found by clearing each level. | 14.99 | 90% | Sep 17, 2010 |
  | My Friend Peppa Pig | Start a fun-filled adventure with Peppa Pig. Create your style, meet favorite characters, and play in Peppa’s world. It’s just like being in the TV show! | 39.99 | 87.5% | Oct 22, 2021 |
  | BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre | BDSM is the first satirical action RPG where you get to play Lou, Satan’s son! Get some booze, kill the traitors, save Hell and rescue the hottest demoness from the clutches of those nasty people and mega-corporations! | 19.99 | 88.6% | Oct 10, 2019 |
  | Grand Brix Shooter | Challenge yourself to a new kind of bullet-hell fusion shooter. Change your aircraft to get new skills just when you need them against advancing foes. Aim for the top spot! | 9.99 | 96.3% | Aug 29, 2019 |
  | Knock Harder: Useless | The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality. | Free | 94.5% | Jan 13, 2020 |
  | BFGE (Bartender Flair Game) | BFGE (Bartender Flair Game)-a simulator of the bartender virtuoso.The main character is Flairbartender!!!Flair Bartender-a bartender who will prepare you a cocktail juggling shakers and bottles so that you do not even notice how you will be in front of your drink! | 3.99 | N/A | Feb 28, 2019 |
  | 1812: Napoleon Wars | A strategic game about the war of Napoleon and the Russian Empire. | 6.99 | 87.2% | Oct 17, 2019 |
  | Emoji Charades | A zany party game. Use a phone to create emoji clues. Your friends try to decipher those clues as fast as they can! Over 25 different trivia categories, from strange things like movies and geography to entirely normal topics like "Things Humans Do Sometimes". | 9.99 | N/A | Jul 9, 2019 |