Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Cartoony + Wholesome: a typical launch earns $732 in its first year

That is the median of 48 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 1 of 87 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 0.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 6% on the year before: 54 against 51.

One game dominates the figure

Price: $732
Price vs a year earlier: −46.4%
Releases, 12 months: 54
Upcoming games: 25
Games on the store: 162

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.

Cartoony + Wholesome 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.	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. One game dominates the figure	1.11xhits against expected	0.90x to 2.05x	87 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#2,132 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: 1
Expected: 0.6

Launches: 87
Hit rate: 1.1%0.0% to 3.2%
Expected rate: 0.7%
Against expected: 1.11x0.90x to 2.05x

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

87 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: $361
Median: $642
Top tenth: $1,900

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: 54
Prior 12 months: 51

Change: +6%

Parent tags

CartoonyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
WholesomeNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.

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Every pair with Cartoony

More with Wholesome

pairs with Wholesome

Cozy + Wholesome$1,797128 launches priced, 213 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Wholesome$1,77343 launches priced, 69 releases in 12 months
Relaxing + Wholesome$1,572131 launches priced, 208 releases in 12 months
Cute + Wholesome$1,454129 launches priced, 189 releases in 12 months
Casual + Wholesome$1,117132 launches priced, 229 releases in 12 months
Cats + Wholesome$88478 launches priced, 95 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Wholesome

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