Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

1990's: 596 releases in the last 12 months

There is no price yet: it needs 30 or more indie paid launches in the last four complete quarters. 45 of 769 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 35% on the year before: 596 against 443.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 596
Upcoming games: 1,167
Games on the store: 3,471

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.

Launch success

Matured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.

Hits: 45

Launches: 769
Hit rate: 5.9%3.6% to 9.4%
Expected rate: 5.7%

Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

769 launches

Estimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.

Bottom tenth: $0
Median: $485
Top tenth: $31,481

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 596
Prior 12 months: 443

Change: +35%

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The biggest indie games in this tag by estimated lifetime gross. Revenue is shown as a number at 50 or more reviews, as a range at 10 to 49, and not at all below 10.

More with 1990's

pairs with 1990's

Simulation + 1990's$2,00550 launches priced, 99 releases in 12 months
Old School + 1990's$1,80034 launches priced, 68 releases in 12 months
Retro + 1990's$1,41683 launches priced, 147 releases in 12 months
Shooter + 1990's$1,11239 launches priced, 63 releases in 12 months
Pixel Graphics + 1990's$657100 launches priced, 158 releases in 12 months
Horror + 1990's$58676 launches priced, 82 releases in 12 months
Exploration + 1990's$54553 launches priced, 86 releases in 12 months
Psychological Horror + 1990's$50549 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
Action + 1990's$493136 launches priced, 216 releases in 12 months
First-Person + 1990's$44376 launches priced, 119 releases in 12 months
Adventure + 1990's$393120 launches priced, 165 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + 1990's$36437 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months

Every pair with 1990's

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