MMORPG price
No price: 22 launches in the last four quarters, and a price needs 30.
Genre report30 Sep 2026
MMORPG on Steam: launches, demand and upcoming games
MMORPG holds 1.9% of the wishlist heat on upcoming Steam games, across 60 ranked upcoming games.
Standing on six boards
Most anticipated
#114 of 133 genresShare of all wishlist heat on upcoming Steam games, weighted toward dated, near-term releases.
1.9%
90% interval 0.67% to 3.4%
60 ranked upcoming games, wishlist rank 30 Sep 2026
- 45% of the heat is dated within 90 days.
- 49% is undated or TBA.
- 8 long-anticipated pages (top 1,000, public 2+ years).
- One game carries much of the reading.
- Ranked after unflagged genres because of this.
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
How often indie paid launches reached $100k est. revenue, against the rate expected for their price and launch quarter.
Too little data to read: 36 launches. Needs 100 matured indie launches (30 for a tag pair).
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
#91 of 105 genresPlayer growth against release growth, relative to Steam overall.
down -27.7%
90% interval -41.1% to -10.8%
65 tracked games, Jun to Aug 2026 vs Jun to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months
- 138 releases in the last 12 months, 84 in the 12 before.
- Player growth vs same-age games: -14.2%.
Fewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.
Rising demand
#63 of 105 genresHow much faster this genre’s games gained reviews than same-age games elsewhere, year on year.
down -14.2%
90% interval -23.8% to -3.7%
65 tracked games, Jun to Aug 2026 vs Jun to Aug 2025
- 12,928 reviews in the latest window, 10,709 a year earlier (same games).
Gaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.
Price
Median est. first-year revenue of indie paid launches over the last four complete quarters.
Thin sample: 22 launches. Needs 30 launches in the window. Not ranked.
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
MMORPG + another tag, top 5 per boardSub-markets inside MMORPG: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MMORPG + Action RPG | 0.34% | 19 |
| MMORPG + Exploration | 0.14% | 21 |
| Adventure + MMORPGflagged, ranked after unflagged pairs | 1.6% | 20 |
| Open World + MMORPGflagged, ranked after unflagged pairs | 1.4% | 26 |
| Fantasy + MMORPGflagged, ranked after unflagged pairs | 1.2% | 22 |
Launch success
No MMORPG pair meets this board's minimum sample.
Fewer new releases
| Tag pair | Value | Tracked games |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy + MMORPG | down -9.7% | 20 |
| Open World + MMORPG | down -18.6% | 30 |
| Adventure + MMORPG | down -21.2% | 29 |
Pair rankings on this board are less stable than the genre ranking.
Rising demand
| Tag pair | Value | Tracked games |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy + MMORPG | down -11.1% | 20 |
| Adventure + MMORPG | down -12.7% | 29 |
| Open World + MMORPG | down -18.2% | 30 |
Indicative only: pair rankings on this board are weakly stable (split-half 0.25).
Price
No MMORPG pair meets this board's minimum sample.
Upcoming MMORPG games
verified 1 Oct 2026From the verified release calendar: games tagged MMORPG among their top store tags, each re-checked against the live store page. Wishlist rank and followers carry the date they were read.
Next 90 days
| Capsule | Game | Release | Wishlist rank | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AION 2NC | Oct 5, 2026in 5 days | #3630 Sep 2026 | 102,88030 Sep 2026 |
MMORPG games releasing in the next 90 days
Dated within a year
None of the 30 verified later games.
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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