[
  {
    "appid": 2797650,
    "name": "Pip My Dice",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "probability_editing",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Editing individual die faces, including making every face identical, changes the randomness of the roll."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2862890,
    "name": "Become the Moon",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Drafting, minion positioning and synergies are promised, but no particular placement effect or dependency is explained."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3333700,
    "name": "The Royal Writ",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "sacrifice_and_position",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "A card reaching the enemy base before victory is permanently removed from the run deck."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3509430,
    "name": "Replicat",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "rule_transformation",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Effects keep tiles revealed, add reveals, and permit otherwise mismatched pairs to match."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2903630,
    "name": "Millennium Strategy",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Decks, books and equipment are customizable; specific effects or dependencies are not given."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3046020,
    "name": "Age of Enchantment",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "deck_editing_cost",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Sacrificing cards can seek a replacement or trim unwanted cards from the deck."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3332060,
    "name": "Feng Shui Meowjong",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "unclear",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Directional treasure placement and Feng Shui rules are named, but the actual placement effects are not stated."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4610000,
    "name": "kill -9",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Card and daemon counts plus a promise of synergies, without a worked rule."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2372240,
    "name": "Re:Night",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "elemental_composition",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Fire, Water and Grass form a counter cycle used for elemental critical hits; each character also supplies an exclusive card pool."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4332200,
    "name": "King’s Well",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "dual_use_resource",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Cards spent in machine slots cannot remain in the poker hand; unused pairs heal while other unused combinations provide different benefits."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4571100,
    "name": "English Vocab Rush",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Lists of equipment, variants and hand types do not explain a specific interaction."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4948610,
    "name": "Alchi",
    "family": "deck",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "unclear",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Order, placement, mutations and cutting cards in half are advertised, but no resulting effect is specified."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2745490,
    "name": "Vanguard Exiles",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "unclear",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Zones reshape decisions through modifiers, but no modifier or unit-zone dependency is specified."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2849990,
    "name": "Auto Dungeon",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Creature capture, fusion, equipment and mutation are listed without explaining inheritance or combined effects."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3787880,
    "name": "Pattern Survivors: Bullet Hell — Create Chaos",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "attack_geometry",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "The player sets emitters and changes their angles, speed, rotation and spread to design firing patterns."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3950050,
    "name": "Touhou Witch's Night Market",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Items and skills have effects and can combine, but no actual effect or interaction is described."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3584870,
    "name": "Lucha Chess",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Offensive and defensive teams and targeting front or back lines are possible, but component effects are unspecified."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3809330,
    "name": "Hill Defender",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Towers, upgrades and enemy types are listed; the detailed wave-weight system does not explain build dependencies."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4765580,
    "name": "Brainrot Autobattler",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Traits, boons, formations and evolution are named without a specific trait threshold or effect."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4796920,
    "name": "Dynasty!",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "roster_constraint",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "The roster permits two Gold, two Silver and four Bronze players, limiting simultaneous use of the strongest tier."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3816000,
    "name": "Flowers and Deities",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "sacrifice_resource_loop",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Deaths on either side generate blood for spells and summons; players can sacrifice their own units when blood is scarce."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4223200,
    "name": "Ars Mechanica",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "A large skill and body-part inventory and positioning are advertised, but no positional or skill interaction is explained."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4897540,
    "name": "Miner Survivor",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "status_grafting",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Drones with different attack patterns can carry sacrifice elements including stun, knockback, execute and silence."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4934320,
    "name": "SlimeHold",
    "family": "auto",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "behavior_assignment",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "The same army can assign slimes to hold a defensive position or roam freely, changing how it responds to attackers."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2862290,
    "name": "Gunswitch",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "projectile_transformation",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Weapon modifications add projectiles or explosive bullets; equipped android allies can also become spare player bodies."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3217930,
    "name": "BeefArena",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "unclear",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Items grant passive powers, including a named Firewalking power, but its behavior or weapon interaction is not explained."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3781740,
    "name": "Vanquish Evil",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "combination_unlock",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Ascended Synergies appear after owning both requisite upgrades and meeting their level requirements."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4232170,
    "name": "Emberion",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Heroes, spells and permanent stat boosts are listed without a configuration interaction."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2955630,
    "name": "Catjinni Survivors",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Gear and abilities are advertised; day-night timing is a world rule, not a stated build dependency. A quoted review supplies the strongest build wording."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3902210,
    "name": "Laby's Village",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Named weapons have different attacks; relic chain reactions are promised without explaining one."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4522710,
    "name": "Swarmbound",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Classes, area spells and moddability are emphasized, but no specific configuration rule is provided."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4730540,
    "name": "TAILROUGE",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Tail movement is a concrete core mechanic; the cards that modify it remain unspecified."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4711500,
    "name": "Qarma Quad",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "equipment_roles",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Loadout categories have stated roles: guns kill, shields shove and melee knocks enemies out, in a claimed counter triangle."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4785950,
    "name": "Pirate Twist",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "weight_and_firing_geometry",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Hull plates trade weight for survival; port/starboard weapons fire when the chosen broadside has a target in its arc."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4922660,
    "name": "Frontier Survivors",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "conditional_ability",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "The Last Rites ability is usable only below ten HP and provides one revive per run."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4952430,
    "name": "Sangreve",
    "family": "action",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "combination_unlock",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "An evolution requires a maxed core ability plus the matching keystone card."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3348510,
    "name": "Tower Arena Survive",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "opponent_wave_investment",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Purchased monsters join every subsequent wave faced by all opponents, competing with investment in personal defense and income."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3610530,
    "name": "D.P.S: Weapons Testing Facility 2",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "ordered_modifiers",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Every modifier to the left of a projectile affects that projectile; bouncing projectiles can grow on each bounce."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3703380,
    "name": "Fantasy Monster Hunt",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "cross_ability_trigger",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "With Energy Sense unlocked, magic waves contacting electromagnetic fields spawn a ring of smaller waves."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3916180,
    "name": "Transport Legion",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "logistics_dependency",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Buildings produce, transport and consume resources that are needed to train defenders; supply lines are part of army configuration."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4279880,
    "name": "Misty Land",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Building and weapon upgrades offer strategies without specifying a dependency."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4523160,
    "name": "Slot Theory",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "unclear",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Irreversible drafting and tower-modifier interference are described, but the interfering effects and Surge rules are unspecified."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4666840,
    "name": "Glowbot Tower Defense",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "proximity_support",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Support towers enhance nearby defenses, making their placement relative to other towers consequential."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4785570,
    "name": "Ghosts Keep Out",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "The main pitch names elemental combinations and socketed skills without an explicit interaction rule. A very long multilingual keyword appendix is not treated as evidence."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3998900,
    "name": "Claws Of Power",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Summoning cats and upgrading a resource factory explain basic progression; equipment combinations and gem effects remain unspecified."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4402950,
    "name": "HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "power_network",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Collectors power and expand an interconnected defensive network; faulty placement can leave a sector without power."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4799450,
    "name": "Kingdoms vs Zombies",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Random upgrades, unit combinations and settlement expansion without a stated build dependency."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4918020,
    "name": "Orbital Tower Defence",
    "family": "tower",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "moving_layout",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Towers are placed on rotating rings, so the chosen orbital layout continually changes defensive positions."
  },
  {
    "appid": 1004640,
    "name": "FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "cross_class_transfer",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Learned abilities remain usable after changing jobs, allowing abilities from different jobs to combine."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3540430,
    "name": "Dungeon Weiqi",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "adjacency_and_exposure",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Cards attack adjacent enemies at round end; the lord is also a deployable card, creating a choice between exposing its strength and protecting it."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3604960,
    "name": "Legacy of Shadows 影の遺産",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "The growth claim says learned skills tailor playstyle, but no skills or configuration rule are described."
  },
  {
    "appid": 3927630,
    "name": "魔姬征服者  Twelve Succubus",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2025",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Unrestricted skill mixing and equipment effects are advertised without specifying an interaction."
  },
  {
    "appid": 2529790,
    "name": "GRIME II",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "enemy_ability_acquisition",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Absorbed enemy forms become molds used for throws, projectiles, stuns or summons."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4402660,
    "name": "METRO QUESTER | OSAKA",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Character, class and customizable weapon counts with unspecified combos."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4631030,
    "name": "TarotBullFight",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Tarot cards have abilities layered on poker, but the abilities are not explained."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4775190,
    "name": "BlassHole",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_H1",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Modular ships and power management are named without a power constraint or module dependency."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4469500,
    "name": "Ninety Nine Dungeons",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "generic",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Equipment and unique builds are promised without an example."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4840190,
    "name": "VOIDRAVE",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "unclear",
    "mechanism": "",
    "explicit_interaction": false,
    "evidence": "Mutation effects are named but not explained. The detailed co-op tether is a tactical rule, not evidence of a configurable interaction."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4894180,
    "name": "Thrice-a-dice",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "copying_components",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Dice faces can be replaced and cats can copy other cats, creating a direct dependency on which other cat is present."
  },
  {
    "appid": 4973340,
    "name": "Neko Rogue",
    "family": "other",
    "period": "2026_JulAug",
    "label": "concrete",
    "mechanism": "opponent_card_manipulation",
    "explicit_interaction": true,
    "evidence": "Chosen skills target visible enemy intent cards to steal block, reduce damage or cancel intent; defeated enemy cards can be added to the deck."
  }
]