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Mechanics: every tag

215 Steam mechanic tags, each with its odds, effort and verdict.

Tag Effort Games Verdict Announced
Action 5 / 10 53,456 Poor odds 24,688
Adventure 4 / 10 52,710 Poor odds 24,060
Simulation 5 / 10 29,960 Poor odds 14,316
Strategy 5 / 10 27,969 Poor odds 14,028
Puzzle 2 / 10 26,592 Poor odds 9,178
RPG 6 / 10 24,807 Poor odds 13,325
Exploration 4 / 10 22,334 Poor odds 15,501
Arcade 3 / 10 19,069 Dead 6,835
Action-Adventure 6 / 10 15,775 Poor odds 10,516
Combat 5 / 10 14,360 Poor odds 10,710
Shooter 6 / 10 13,775 Poor odds 6,227
Platformer 3 / 10 13,045 Poor odds 5,212
Visual Novel 2 / 10 12,712 Poor odds 4,534
Choices Matter 4 / 10 11,558 Poor odds 7,795
2D Platformer 3 / 10 11,421 Dead 4,630
Multiple Endings 3 / 10 10,377 Poor odds 6,465
PvE 6 / 10 10,148 Poor odds 8,043
Physics 5 / 10 9,675 Poor odds 5,387
Survival 6 / 10 9,580 Poor odds 5,458
Point & Click 2 / 10 9,567 Poor odds 3,227
Roguelike 3 / 10 8,993 Poor odds 6,775
PvP 8 / 10 8,938 Poor odds 5,615
Open World 8 / 10 8,534 Poor odds 5,478
Roguelite 3 / 10 8,359 Poor odds 6,904
FPS 7 / 10 7,835 Poor odds 3,809
Co-op 7 / 10 7,808 Poor odds 4,953
Character Customization 6 / 10 7,549 Poor odds 5,631
Management 5 / 10 7,467 Poor odds 5,785
Logic 2 / 10 7,398 Fair 2,547
Sandbox 6 / 10 7,285 Poor odds 4,914
Hidden Object 2 / 10 7,218 Fair 2,132
3D Platformer 5 / 10 7,111 Dead 3,231
Immersive Sim 8 / 10 6,689 Poor odds 4,341
Tactical 6 / 10 6,593 Poor odds 3,900
Choose Your Own Adventure 2 / 10 6,588 Poor odds 3,288
Action RPG 7 / 10 6,586 Poor odds 4,654
Interactive Fiction 1 / 10 6,579 Poor odds 3,610
Action Roguelike 4 / 10 6,399 Poor odds 4,828
Puzzle Platformer 3 / 10 6,235 Dead 2,456
Resource Management 4 / 10 6,192 Poor odds 5,734
Building 5 / 10 6,170 Poor odds 4,310
Incremental 1 / 10 6,115 Fair 2,947
Turn-Based Strategy 5 / 10 5,955 Poor odds 3,529
Bullet Hell 3 / 10 5,904 Poor odds 2,793
Procedural Generation 4 / 10 5,855 Poor odds 4,211
Turn-Based Tactics 5 / 10 5,764 Poor odds 3,435
Sports 6 / 10 5,730 Fair 1,497
Walking Simulator 4 / 10 5,722 Poor odds 2,573
Turn-Based Combat 4 / 10 5,648 Poor odds 3,474
Dating Sim 2 / 10 5,570 Poor odds 1,918
Online Co-Op 8 / 10 5,500 Poor odds 4,642
Score Attack 3 / 10 5,484 Dead 2,034
Survival Horror 6 / 10 5,459 Poor odds 3,264
Crafting 5 / 10 5,285 Poor odds 4,634
Shoot 'Em Up 3 / 10 5,127 Poor odds 1,565
Local Multiplayer 4 / 10 4,978 Poor odds 1,760
Hack and Slash 5 / 10 4,729 Poor odds 2,946
Racing 6 / 10 4,724 Poor odds 1,552
Dungeon Crawler 4 / 10 4,594 Poor odds 3,120
Idler 1 / 10 4,391 Fair 2,629
JRPG 6 / 10 4,377 Poor odds 1,623
Life Sim 4 / 10 4,341 Poor odds 3,151
Card Game 2 / 10 4,337 Poor odds 2,883
Top-Down Shooter 3 / 10 4,113 Dead 2,011
Base Building 5 / 10 3,860 Poor odds 3,476
Investigation 3 / 10 3,800 Poor odds 2,463
Economy 5 / 10 3,758 Poor odds 3,111
Precision Platformer 3 / 10 3,733 Poor odds 1,409
Local Co-Op 4 / 10 3,671 Poor odds 1,448
Time Management 3 / 10 3,667 Poor odds 2,364
Collectathon 4 / 10 3,593 Poor odds 1,909
Stealth 6 / 10 3,581 Poor odds 2,428
Tabletop 2 / 10 3,345 Fair 1,255
Board Game 2 / 10 3,314 Dead 1,156
Tower Defense 3 / 10 3,242 Poor odds 1,764
Third-Person Shooter 7 / 10 3,083 Poor odds 1,779
Strategy RPG 5 / 10 3,056 Poor odds 2,036
Deckbuilding 3 / 10 2,937 Poor odds 2,927
Arena Shooter 6 / 10 2,914 Poor odds 1,449
Real Time Tactics 6 / 10 2,897 Poor odds 1,710
RTS 7 / 10 2,895 Poor odds 1,440
Perma Death 3 / 10 2,801 Poor odds 1,684
Runner 3 / 10 2,641 Dead 774
Inventory Management 3 / 10 2,545 Poor odds 2,406
Driving 6 / 10 2,522 Poor odds 1,312
Turn-Based 5 / 10 2,453 Poor odds 627
Loot 5 / 10 2,421 Poor odds 1,916
Card Battler 3 / 10 2,404 Poor odds 1,988
City Builder 6 / 10 2,371 Poor odds 1,486
Tactical RPG 5 / 10 2,369 Poor odds 1,544
Wargame 5 / 10 2,343 Poor odds 1,165
Beat 'em up 4 / 10 2,250 Poor odds 1,000
Flight 6 / 10 2,219 Poor odds 867
4 Player Local 4 / 10 2,203 Poor odds 909
Party-Based RPG 6 / 10 2,190 Poor odds 1,403
Grid-Based Movement 3 / 10 2,189 Poor odds 1,118
Parkour 6 / 10 2,149 Poor odds 1,046
Creature Collector 5 / 10 2,140 Poor odds 1,427
Automation 6 / 10 2,086 Poor odds 1,783
Souls-like 7 / 10 2,059 Poor odds 1,354
2D Fighter 5 / 10 2,048 Dead 832
Level Editor 5 / 10 1,906 Poor odds 942
Metroidvania 4 / 10 1,881 Poor odds 1,566
CRPG 7 / 10 1,837 Poor odds 1,002
Rhythm 3 / 10 1,797 Poor odds 712
Word Game 1 / 10 1,712 Poor odds 745
Destruction 6 / 10 1,691 Poor odds 1,115
Match 3 2 / 10 1,677 Dead 281
Twin Stick Shooter 3 / 10 1,671 Poor odds 789
Auto Battler 3 / 10 1,597 Poor odds 1,283
Automobile Sim 7 / 10 1,581 Poor odds 683
3D Fighter 7 / 10 1,573 Dead 712
Farming Sim 4 / 10 1,516 Poor odds 1,189
Space Sim 6 / 10 1,396 Poor odds 768
Cooking 3 / 10 1,374 Poor odds 1,252
Party Game 4 / 10 1,365 Poor odds 1,638
Fighting 7 / 10 1,360 Poor odds 407
Mystery Dungeon 3 / 10 1,313 Poor odds 579
Grand Strategy 7 / 10 1,302 Poor odds 587
Class-Based 7 / 10 1,206 Poor odds 1,093
Solitaire 1 / 10 1,196 Dead 283
Swordplay 6 / 10 1,192 Poor odds 742
Vehicular Combat 6 / 10 1,187 Poor odds 842
Colony Sim 6 / 10 1,175 Poor odds 1,066
Trading 4 / 10 1,163 Poor odds 1,054
Quick-Time Events 4 / 10 1,140 Dead 565
Split Screen 5 / 10 1,103 Poor odds 441
Bullet Time 5 / 10 1,094 Poor odds 543
6DOF 5 / 10 1,061 Poor odds 403
Gun Customization 6 / 10 1,022 Poor odds 859
Agriculture 5 / 10 1,017 Poor odds 624
Sokoban 2 / 10 1,006 Fair 305
Spectacle fighter 7 / 10 997 Poor odds 543
Mining 4 / 10 995 Poor odds 796
Combat Racing 6 / 10 994 Poor odds 513
Hero Shooter 9 / 10 994 Dead 403
Time Manipulation 4 / 10 976 Poor odds 523
FMV 4 / 10 957 Fair 326
Battle Royale 10 / 10 947 Dead 475
God Game 5 / 10 945 Poor odds 422
Looter Shooter 8 / 10 943 Poor odds 668
Roguelike Deckbuilder 3 / 10 902 Poor odds 870
Typing 1 / 10 863 Fair 396
Action RTS 7 / 10 849 Poor odds 617
Fishing 4 / 10 844 Poor odds 705
Dynamic Narration 3 / 10 835 Poor odds 644
Hex Grid 4 / 10 804 Poor odds 417
Boomer Shooter 5 / 10 801 Poor odds 553
Co-op Campaign 8 / 10 796 Poor odds 590
MMORPG 10 / 10 793 Poor odds 534
Gambling 2 / 10 780 Poor odds 547
Trading Card Game 6 / 10 762 Poor odds 494
Character Action Game 7 / 10 716 Poor odds 206
Political Sim 4 / 10 709 Poor odds 490
Tanks 5 / 10 689 Poor odds 259
Escape Room 2 / 10 687 Fair 183
Otome 2 / 10 687 Poor odds 295
Open World Survival Craft 9 / 10 685 Poor odds 461
Shop Keeper 3 / 10 673 Poor odds 1,071
Hunting 6 / 10 653 Poor odds 369
4X 7 / 10 650 Poor odds 357
Asynchronous Multiplayer 5 / 10 650 Poor odds 411
Minigames 2 / 10 648 Fair 231
Transportation 5 / 10 646 Poor odds 364
Programming 4 / 10 632 Poor odds 311
Trivia 1 / 10 589 Dead 152
Bullet Heaven 3 / 10 559 Poor odds 722
Time Attack 3 / 10 557 Fair 150
Traditional Roguelike 3 / 10 505 Poor odds 350
Football (Soccer) 7 / 10 471 Poor odds 242
Real-Time 6 / 10 468 Poor odds 105
Job Simulator 4 / 10 466 Fair 393
Diplomacy 6 / 10 464 Poor odds 312
On-Rails Shooter 4 / 10 460 Poor odds 162
MOBA 9 / 10 457 Dead 239
Sailing 5 / 10 434 Poor odds 327
Spelling 1 / 10 424 Dead 144
Archery 4 / 10 421 Poor odds 243
Naval Combat 6 / 10 405 Poor odds 255
Music-Based Procedural Generation 4 / 10 372 Poor odds 151
Real-Time with Pause 7 / 10 361 Poor odds 119
Chess 1 / 10 360 Fair 158
Offroad 7 / 10 351 Poor odds 164
Sniper 6 / 10 326 Poor odds 108
Boxing 5 / 10 322 Poor odds 124
Outbreak Sim 4 / 10 310 Poor odds 179
Golf 5 / 10 279 Poor odds 108
Desktop Companion 1 / 10 262 Poor odds 313
Submarine 5 / 10 256 Poor odds 126
Medical Sim 4 / 10 251 Poor odds 151
Pinball 3 / 10 248 Fair 112
Motorbike 7 / 10 240 Poor odds 85
Basketball 7 / 10 235 Fair 76
Bikes 7 / 10 233 Poor odds 68
Social Deduction 7 / 10 226 Poor odds 177
Billiards 3 / 10 180 Fair 59
Mini Golf 4 / 10 179 Poor odds 71
Boss Rush 4 / 10 178 Poor odds 135
Dice 2 / 10 177 Poor odds 211
Football (American) 7 / 10 168 Fair 40
Mahjong 1 / 10 160 Fair 46
Wrestling 6 / 10 152 Poor odds 73
Tennis 5 / 10 148 Fair 34
Baseball 7 / 10 144 Fair 35
Skateboarding 6 / 10 141 Poor odds 92
Intentionally Awkward Controls 3 / 10 130 Poor odds 24
Cycling 6 / 10 127 Poor odds 56
Hockey 6 / 10 115 Poor odds 47
Extraction Shooter 8 / 10 111 Poor odds 165
Motocross 7 / 10 109 Poor odds 28
Lemmings 3 / 10 103 Poor odds 27
Bowling 3 / 10 92 Dead 31
Skiing 6 / 10 75 Poor odds 40
Snowboarding 6 / 10 72 Poor odds 44
BMX 6 / 10 68 Poor odds 24