Steam early adopters: three Venn game hubs

An audience study of 3,492 followers of Dark Island, Rogue Reigns and Paradoxical: owned games, wishlists, follows and differences between the three hubs.

Venn Studios · Analysis snapshot:

Distinct hub followers
3,492
Community hubs
3
Readable owned-game lists
44.2%
Readable wishlists
44.4%

The sample covers the Dark Island, Rogue Reigns and Paradoxical Steam community hubs.

How much of this audience can we see?

A public profile does not guarantee a readable game list. Counts and shares below describe available signals, not the complete audience.
Follower cohortRosterOwned gamesWishlistFollowed games
Combined, deduplicated3,492 1,54544.2%1,54944.4%1,53544.0%
Dark Island: Faded Memories2,576 1,12843.8%1,12943.8%1,11943.4%
Rogue Reigns565 23641.8%23942.3%23441.4%
Paradoxical443 23252.4%23252.4%22550.8%

Reviews: 2,209 (63.3%). Profile privacy: 2,786 public · 348 friends-only · 288 private · 70 unknown.

Compare the game highlights

Choose a hub and a scope. Each bar shows observed distinct profiles as a share of that cut’s full roster; each list contains three reported highlights.

Combined, deduplicated · All games

Roster used for this cut: 3,492 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Counter-Strike 2 1,05130.1% of roster
  2. Left 4 Dead 2 87925.2% of roster
  3. Terraria 82623.7% of roster

Wishlist

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 1,01529.1% of roster
  2. Light No Fire 36610.5% of roster
  3. The Blood of Dawnwalker 3459.9% of roster

Followed games

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 1,12332.2% of roster
  2. Fatekeeper 2888.2% of roster
  3. ELDEN RING 2788.0% of roster

Combined, deduplicated · Indie only

Roster used for this cut: 3,493 · Source report

Prior combined snapshot: 3,493 profiles. These indie counts are from a different report snapshot.

Owned games

  1. Terraria 82123.5% of roster
  2. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 77122.1% of roster
  3. Garry's Mod 72920.9% of roster

Wishlist

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 1,01329.0% of roster
  2. Blight: Survival 3319.5% of roster
  3. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire 3279.4% of roster

Followed games

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 1,11932.0% of roster
  2. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 2577.4% of roster
  3. Enshrouded 2517.2% of roster

Dark Island: Faded Memories · All games

Roster used for this cut: 2,576 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Counter-Strike 2 81231.5% of roster
  2. Left 4 Dead 2 61623.9% of roster
  3. Terraria 59223.0% of roster

Wishlist

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 99638.7% of roster
  2. Tenebyss 26910.4% of roster
  3. Light No Fire 2489.6% of roster

Followed games

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 1,11943.4% of roster
  2. ELDEN RING 1937.5% of roster
  3. Fatekeeper 1867.2% of roster

Dark Island: Faded Memories · Indie only

Roster used for this cut: 2,576 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Terraria 59223.0% of roster
  2. Garry's Mod 54121.0% of roster
  3. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 51820.1% of roster

Wishlist

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 99638.7% of roster
  2. Tenebyss 26910.4% of roster
  3. Blight: Survival 2469.5% of roster

Followed games

  1. Dark Island: Faded MemoriesVenn title 1,11943.4% of roster
  2. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 1776.9% of roster
  3. Project Shadowglass 1676.5% of roster

Rogue Reigns · All games

Roster used for this cut: 565 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Left 4 Dead 2 13023.0% of roster
  2. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 12722.5% of roster
  3. Black Desert 12722.5% of roster

Wishlist

  1. Rogue ReignsVenn title 18833.3% of roster
  2. The Blood of Dawnwalker 7312.9% of roster
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 7112.6% of roster

Followed games

  1. Rogue ReignsVenn title 23441.4% of roster
  2. Slay the Spire 2 6411.3% of roster
  3. Hades II 6110.8% of roster

Rogue Reigns · Indie only

Roster used for this cut: 565 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 12722.5% of roster
  2. Moonlighter 11820.9% of roster
  3. Graveyard Keeper 11720.7% of roster

Wishlist

  1. Rogue ReignsVenn title 18833.3% of roster
  2. Tears of Metal 6812.0% of roster
  3. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire 6611.7% of roster

Followed games

  1. Rogue ReignsVenn title 23441.4% of roster
  2. Slay the Spire 2 6411.3% of roster
  3. Hades II 6110.8% of roster

Paradoxical · All games

Roster used for this cut: 443 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Portal 2 18541.8% of roster
  2. Half-Life 2 17840.2% of roster
  3. Portal 17539.5% of roster

Wishlist

  1. ParadoxicalVenn title 18140.9% of roster
  2. THE LIFT: Supernatural Handyman Simulator 10122.8% of roster
  3. Clockwork Revolution 8419.0% of roster

Followed games

  1. ParadoxicalVenn title 22550.8% of roster
  2. THE LIFT: Supernatural Handyman Simulator 8920.1% of roster
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 7116.0% of roster

Paradoxical · Indie only

Roster used for this cut: 443 · Source report

Owned games

  1. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 15835.7% of roster
  2. Terraria 13931.4% of roster
  3. Moonlighter 13630.7% of roster

Wishlist

  1. ParadoxicalVenn title 18140.9% of roster
  2. ONTOS 8218.5% of roster
  3. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire 8118.3% of roster

Followed games

  1. ParadoxicalVenn title 22550.8% of roster
  2. REPLACED 6715.1% of roster
  3. Cairn 6614.9% of roster

The combined audience, through Steam tags

Weighted scores from approximately 97 selected apps. The bars are relative to the largest score, not percentages of people. This chart stays combined when the hub filter changes.

  1. Action59,422 weighted score · 83 apps with this tag
  2. Singleplayer53,169 weighted score · 77 apps with this tag
  3. Adventure47,479 weighted score · 69 apps with this tag
  4. Atmospheric36,015 weighted score · 53 apps with this tag
  5. Open World35,890 weighted score · 50 apps with this tag
  6. RPG34,747 weighted score · 50 apps with this tag
  7. Multiplayer33,988 weighted score · 46 apps with this tag
  8. First-Person33,817 weighted score · 44 apps with this tag
  9. Exploration29,655 weighted score · 42 apps with this tag
  10. Co-op28,365 weighted score · 36 apps with this tag

Interest in Venn titles within each cohort

Observed wishlists and follows for each Venn game. This measures signals within a cohort; it does not measure overlap between the hub rosters.
Follower cohortDark Island: Faded MemoriesRogue ReignsParadoxical
Dark Island: Faded MemoriesRoster: 2,576 Wishlisted: 996 (38.7%)Followed: 1,119 (43.4%)Wishlisted: 39 (1.5%)Followed: 26 (1.0%)Wishlisted: 28 (1.1%)Followed: 19 (0.7%)
Rogue ReignsRoster: 565 Wishlisted: 34 (6.0%)Followed: 26 (4.6%)Wishlisted: 188 (33.3%)Followed: 234 (41.4%)Wishlisted: 25 (4.4%)Followed: 14 (2.5%)
ParadoxicalRoster: 443 Wishlisted: 25 (5.6%)Followed: 19 (4.3%)Wishlisted: 19 (4.3%)Followed: 14 (3.2%)Wishlisted: 181 (40.9%)Followed: 225 (50.8%)

Three hubs, three sets of interests

The readable profiles share familiar PC games, but the wishlists and followed games suggest different interests for each hub. These are audience hypotheses from observed lists, rather than measured player motivations.

Dark Island: atmosphere and fantasy

Dark Island is the largest cohort, with 2,576 hub followers. Its wishlist highlights include Tenebyss (269) and Light No Fire (248); followed games include ELDEN RING (193) and Fatekeeper (186). Together, these support testing dark fantasy, exploration and atmosphere in marketing messages.

Rogue Reigns: systems and deckbuilders

Among 565 Rogue Reigns followers, Slay the Spire 2 has 64 observed follows and Hades II has 61. The owned highlights include Left 4 Dead 2 and Vermintide 2. This suggests testing deckbuilding and replayable systems alongside the audience’s existing co-op interests. It does not establish that deckbuilders are the cohort’s most-played genre.

Paradoxical: familiar classics and unfamiliar worlds

Among 443 Paradoxical followers, Portal 2 (185 owners), Half-Life 2 (178) and Portal (175) lead the curated owned highlights. THE LIFT has 101 observed wishlisters and 89 follows. These signals suggest testing puzzle and surreal-world messaging without assuming that all followers prefer puzzles.

What we can use this for

  • Build separate comparable-game shortlists for each hub. A combined ranking is heavily influenced by the larger Dark Island cohort.
  • Compare counts together with roster percentages. A smaller cohort can have a stronger observed share even when its count is lower.
  • Treat ownership, wishlists and follows as separate signals. Ownership is not proof of play; a wishlist is not a purchase.
  • Test messaging hypotheses with campaign and Steam UTM results. The profile study itself does not measure conversion.

Method and limits

The study uses the follower roster for each Steam community hub and counts distinct profiles per game within each cohort. A person following multiple Venn hubs appears in each relevant cohort; the combined roster is deduplicated. Cohort totals cannot be added to produce a unique audience or an exact count of people who follow multiple hubs.

Coverage matters. Only 1,545 of the 3,492 profiles expose a usable owned-games list. Missing lists are unknown, rather than evidence that someone does not own a game. The displayed shares divide observed counts by the full roster, so they are lower bounds for ownership in this roster. Profiles with readable data may differ from profiles with hidden data.

Rankings are selected highlights. The explorer shows the three leading named games supplied for each cut, rather than a complete library export. Owned highlights exclude tools, redistributables, deathmatch packages and the cohort’s own Venn title. Wishlist and followed highlights retain Venn titles. Existing interest in our games is part of how this audience was selected.

Tags overlap. The tag scores sum owners, wishlisters and followers across approximately 97 selected high-affinity apps. An app contributes its score to several tags, and the same person can contribute several times. Scores are neither percentages nor counts of unique players, and do not describe every app in the scraped libraries.

“Indie” follows the source classification. The filter uses the Steam store’s Indie genre when available, then the Indie user tag as a fallback. The source classified 222 selected apps, including 93 indie apps; one app was unknown. This is a metadata filter, not an independent judgment about a studio’s size, funding or publisher.

Two report snapshots remain separate. The combined report uses 3,492 profiles. The per-game and indie report uses a prior combined sample of 3,493; its indie counts therefore differ slightly. The explorer keeps the denominator printed in each report. These changes should not be interpreted as audience growth or loss.

Ownership is not engagement. Zero recorded hours may mean an unplayed game or unavailable playtime. This page does not infer active play, demographics, purchase intent or spending from ownership alone. The sample consists of existing Venn hub followers, rather than a representative sample of Steam users.

Next research questions

The handover proposes studying Dark Island wishlisters separately, measuring actual overlap between follower rosters, and making a smaller comparable-title shortlist for comparable-title research or curator outreach. Those analyses are still pending; this page does not present them as completed findings.

Sources

The analysis snapshot is dated 7 October 2026. Aggregate figures were transcribed from the handover and checked against these reports. Profile-level exports and identifiers are not included in this page.

The reports are stored in the team’s Google Drive; access may be required.

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