Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Comedy + Romance: 35 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. 7 of 58 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 8.3 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 3% on the year before: 35 against 34.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 35
Upcoming games: 67
Games on the store: 257

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.

Comedy + Romance 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.	0.02%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.01% to 0.02%	5 ranked of 67 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#3,484 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 1.34x	58 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#3,492 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: 8.3

Launches: 58
Hit rate: 12.1%4.2% to 21.7%
Expected rate: 14.2%
Against expected: 0.89x0.61x to 1.34x

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

58 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: $135
Median: $3,440
Top tenth: $120,731

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: 35
Prior 12 months: 34

Change: +3%

Parent tags

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

More with Comedy

pairs with Comedy

Comedy + Story Rich$3,48872 launches priced, 98 releases in 12 months
RPG + Comedy$2,12247 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
Comedy + Multiple Endings$1,94233 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
Horror + Comedy$1,70039 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
Comedy + First-Person$1,63646 launches priced, 104 releases in 12 months
Comedy + Physics$1,61742 launches priced, 99 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Comedy

More with Romance

pairs with Romance

Romance + LGBTQ+$5,45434 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
Cute + Romance$5,22277 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
Anime + Romance$4,97896 launches priced, 120 releases in 12 months
Funny + Romance$4,86732 launches priced, 30 releases in 12 months
Adventure + Romance$4,31378 launches priced, 112 releases in 12 months
Romance + Dating Sim$3,94697 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Romance

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