Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Adventure / Cyberpunk
Adventure + Cyberpunk: a typical launch earns $1,941 in its first year
That is the median of 47 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 1 of 68 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 4.0 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases fell 48% on the year before: 29 against 56.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- $1,941 median of 47 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- +6.6% four quarters on the four before
- Releases, 12 months
- 29 56 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 219 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 566 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. | 0.33%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.18% to 0.57% | 28 ranked of 219 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #693 of 7,193pairs on this board |
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 0.57xhits against expected | 0.46x to 1.04x | 68 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #5,375 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. | +160%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam | +97% to +256% | 20 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months | #2 of 2,361pairs on this board |
| Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. | +7%review growth against same-age games | +1% to +16% | 20 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025 | #471 of 2,461pairs on this board |
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
- 68
- Hit rate
- 1.5%0.0% to 6.2%
- Expected rate
- 5.9%
- Against expected
- 0.57x0.46x to 1.04x
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
68 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
- $28
- Median
- $1,659
- Top tenth
- $21,894
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
- −48%
- Against Steam
- −59%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases
Parent tags
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.
- RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,972 reviews, 84% positiveest. $2.3M
- Beyond Galaxyland (opens the Steam store)2024 · 315 reviews, 85% positiveest. $96k
- My Furry Protogen 2 🐾 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 466 reviews, 96% positiveest. $47k
- Psychroma (opens the Steam store)2024 · 195 reviews, 88% positiveest. $39k
- Liuyin's world (opens the Steam store)2025 · 79 reviews, 89% positiveest. $30k
- VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END (opens the Steam store)2025 · 67 reviews, 92% positiveest. $27k
- Neon Blood (opens the Steam store)2024 · 74 reviews, 59% positiveest. $27k
- My Furry Protogen 3 🐾 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 222 reviews, 95% positiveest. $22k
More with Adventure
pairs with Adventure- Adventure + Cozy$32,10838 launches priced, 93 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Narrative$12,85033 launches priced, 48 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + LGBTQ+$7,36637 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Online Co-Op$6,34186 launches priced, 187 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Base Building$5,35342 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Building$4,85745 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
More with Cyberpunk
pairs with Cyberpunk- Story Rich + Cyberpunk$3,29634 launches priced, 33 releases in 12 months
- Sci-fi + Cyberpunk$3,08346 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- Shooter + Cyberpunk$2,57936 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Cyberpunk$1,97034 launches priced, 37 releases in 12 months
- Action + Cyberpunk$1,82077 launches priced, 137 releases in 12 months
- Pixel Graphics + Cyberpunk$1,51730 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
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