Gambling price
$809
down -36.5%on a year earlier
- Launches
- 63
- Window
- 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3
- Rank
- #58 of 126
Median est. first-year revenue of indie paid launches. No price history series is in the site data yet, so there is no chart.
Genre report30 Sep 2026
Gambling indie launches earn a median $809 in their first year, down 36.5% on a year earlier
Indie launches in Gambling reached $100k est. revenue 2.32x as often as launches at the same price and in the same quarter across Steam (149 launches).
Gambling holds 0.14% of the wishlist heat on upcoming Steam games, across 18 ranked upcoming games.
Standing on six boards
Most anticipated
#91 of 133 genresShare of all wishlist heat on upcoming Steam games, weighted toward dated, near-term releases.
0.14%
90% interval 0.09% to 0.20%
18 ranked upcoming games, wishlist rank 30 Sep 2026
- 57% of the heat is dated within 90 days.
- 18% is undated or TBA.
Total wishlist heat, so big genres lead. Not backtested yet: wishlist-rank history started 30 Sep 2026.
Gaining fast
Week-over-week follower growth of upcoming games.
Collecting since 30 Sep, first readings 13 Oct.
Needs 14 days of daily follower counts. Nothing is estimated before then.
Launch success
#2 of 115 genresHow often indie paid launches reached $100k est. revenue, against the rate expected for their price and launch quarter.
up 2.32x
90% interval 1.67x to 3.24x
149 launches, indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6-30 months old)
- 15 of 149 launches reached $100k, against 4.8 expected.
1.0x is par: the hit rate of launches at the same price and in the same quarter across Steam. Indie paid launches 6 to 30 months old.
Fewer new releases
Player growth against release growth, relative to Steam overall.
Thin sample: 14 tracked games. Needs 30 tracked games, 1,000 reviews in each window and 20 releases in each 12-month period. Not ranked.
Fewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.
Rising demand
How much faster this genre’s games gained reviews than same-age games elsewhere, year on year.
Thin sample: 14 tracked games. Needs 30 tracked games (15 for a tag pair) and 1,000 reviews in each window. Not ranked.
Gaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.
Price
#58 of 126 genresMedian est. first-year revenue of indie paid launches over the last four complete quarters.
$809
63 launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3
Estimated from store review counts, so treat it as a level, not an invoice.
Genres are ranked against each other on each board; a "thin" or "too little data" board is left unranked rather than guessed. Every value has its sample size and window beside it.
Top tag pairs
Gambling + another tag, top 5 per boardSub-markets inside Gambling: games carrying both tags in their top ten. Pairs that hold half or more of the genre's games are left out, since they are the genre again. Each pair links to its own page.
Most anticipated
| Tag pair | Value | Ranked upcoming games |
|---|---|---|
| Strategy + Gambling | 0.10% | 12 |
| Roguelike + Gambling | 0.05% | 6 |
| Horror + Gambling | under 0.1% | 6 |
| Roguelite + Gambling | under 0.1% | 6 |
| Gambling + Incrementalflagged, ranked after unflagged pairs | 0.06% | 5 |
Launch success
| Tag pair | Value | Launches |
|---|---|---|
| 3D + Gambling | up 2.00x | 44 |
| Simulation + Gambling | up 1.91x | 51 |
| 2D + Gambling | up 1.84x | 40 |
| Roguelike + Gambling | up 1.62x | 37 |
| Strategy + Gambling | up 1.45x | 72 |
Fewer new releases
No Gambling pair meets this board's minimum sample.
Rising demand
No Gambling pair meets this board's minimum sample.
Price
No Gambling pair meets this board's minimum sample.
Upcoming Gambling games
verified 1 Oct 2026From the verified release calendar: games tagged Gambling among their top store tags, each re-checked against the live store page. Wishlist rank and followers carry the date they were read.
None of the 60 verified games on the release calendar carries Gambling in its top tags right now. Full calendar
Method
methodology v0.7Revenue figures are estimates from store review counts. Indie means a list price under $40 and not a named major publisher. Board values are computed 1 Oct 2026 from data up to 30 Sep 2026. Validation of the boards against later launches is in progress.
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