Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Crafting / Family Friendly
Crafting + Family Friendly: 4 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. 0 of 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 76% on the year before: 4 against 17.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 4 17 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 39 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 91 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.
| 0.04%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.07% | 7 ranked of 39 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,529 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| 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
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.
- Launches
- 17
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 5.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
17 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
- $69
- Median
- $971
- Top tenth
- $7,157
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
- −76%
Parent tags
- CraftingNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Family FriendlyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.
- Trailer Park Tycoon: Raccoon Ranch (opens the Steam store)2025 · 146 reviews, 91% positiveest. $35k
- Distant Bloom (opens the Steam store)2024 · 245 reviews, 73% positiveest. $25k
- Tiny Bakery (opens the Steam store)2026 · 69 reviews, 92% positiveest. $14k
- Colored Pencil Bakery (opens the Steam store)2026 · 36 reviews, 88% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Flibbius McDoogle and the Mysterious Flying Machine (opens the Steam store)2025 · 70 reviews, 98% positiveest. $7.1k
- Single Espresso (opens the Steam store)2024 · 27 reviews, 88% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- What's On The Menu? (opens the Steam store)2025 · 19 reviews, 63% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Treasure forest Clicker (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4 reviews, 0% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
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- Crafting + Base Building$8,90179 launches priced, 125 releases in 12 months
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- Crafting + First-Person$6,99934 launches priced, 64 releases in 12 months
More with Family Friendly
pairs with Family Friendly- Family Friendly + Life Sim$8,09933 launches priced, 37 releases in 12 months
- Building + Family Friendly$4,77630 launches priced, 27 releases in 12 months
- Family Friendly + Immersive Sim$1,80036 launches priced, 22 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Family Friendly$1,53183 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
- Family Friendly + Cozy$1,39544 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Family Friendly + Cats$1,33045 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
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