Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Card Game + Tabletop: a typical launch earns $202 in its first year

That is the median of 76 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 7 of 165 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 8.2 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 104% on the year before: 192 against 94.

Price: $202
Price vs a year earlier: −67.8%
Releases, 12 months: 192
Upcoming games: 349
Games on the store: 967

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

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

Card Game + Tabletop on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. One game dominates the figure Listed after unflagged rows on this board	0.15%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.03% to 0.38%	10 ranked of 349 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#5,319 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	0.89xhits against expected	0.61x to 1.40x	165 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#3,453 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 old

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: 7
Expected: 8.2

Launches: 165
Hit rate: 4.2%2.3% to 8.1%
Expected rate: 5.0%
Against expected: 0.89x0.61x to 1.40x

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

165 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: $303
Top tenth: $23,963

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

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 192
Prior 12 months: 94

Change: +104%

Parent tags

Card GameGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
TabletopGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Card Game

pairs with Card Game

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Card Game + Roguelite$2,214162 launches priced, 351 releases in 12 months
Card Game + Dungeon Crawler$1,96232 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
Card Game + Roguelike$1,821201 launches priced, 431 releases in 12 months
Card Game + Turn-Based$1,61733 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Card Game

More with Tabletop

pairs with Tabletop

Simulation + Tabletop$40443 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
PvP + Tabletop$35444 launches priced, 103 releases in 12 months
Multiplayer + Tabletop$30343 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
Cute + Tabletop$25236 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
Board Game + Tabletop$202120 launches priced, 223 releases in 12 months
Turn-Based Strategy + Tabletop$20276 launches priced, 130 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Tabletop

Verdicts

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