Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / 3D / Escape Room
3D + Escape Room: 19 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. 2 of 32 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.4 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases fell 10% on the year before: 19 against 21.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 19 21 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 29 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 110 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
| Board | Value | Interval | Sample | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 1.15xhits against expected | 0.84x to 1.96x | 32 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #1,974 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 20 or more releases in each 12-month period. | |||
| Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 1,000 reviews in each window. | |||
Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.
Launch success
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 32
- Hit rate
- 6.3%0.0% to 17.7%
- Expected rate
- 4.2%
- Against expected
- 1.15x0.84x to 1.96x
Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.
Revenue spread
32 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $85
- Median
- $1,090
- Top tenth
- $22,657
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- −10%
Parent tags
- 3DNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Escape RoomGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe biggest indie games in this pair 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.
- Escape Simulator 2 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4,415 reviews, 91% positiveest. $1.7M
- In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,445 reviews, 86% positiveest. $439k
- My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times|ゆるゆる生配信する推しは100万回死ぬ (opens the Steam store)2026 · 119 reviews, 93% positiveest. $84k
- We Escaped a Twisted Game (opens the Steam store)2025 · 801 reviews, 94% positiveest. $81k
- Detective Ridelle (opens the Steam store)2024 · 77 reviews, 98% positiveest. $23k
- 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor (opens the Steam store)2025 · 113 reviews, 77% positiveest. $23k
- Escape From Crimson Manor: Trapped Together (opens the Steam store)2026 · 81 reviews, 70% positiveest. $21k
- TRACE Definitive Edition (opens the Steam store)2025 · 103 reviews, 96% positiveest. $21k
More with 3D
pairs with 3D- 3D + Dark Humor$3,90132 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Cozy$3,23738 launches priced, 91 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Economy$3,15761 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Management$2,196130 launches priced, 192 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + 3D$2,162144 launches priced, 256 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Resource Management$2,02434 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
More with Escape Room
pairs with Escape Room- Adventure + Escape Room$2,42743 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months
- Point & Click + Escape Room$1,58530 launches priced, 25 releases in 12 months
- Mystery + Escape Roomno price32 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Escape Roomno price28 releases in 12 months
- Hidden Object + Escape Roomno price23 releases in 12 months
- First-Person + Escape Roomno price21 releases in 12 months
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