Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Cute / Colony Sim
Cute + Colony Sim: 20 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 23 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 67% on the year before: 20 against 12.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 20 12 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 73 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 160 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.
| 0.09%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.04% to 0.16% | 10 ranked of 73 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,781 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
- 23
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 7.5%
- Expected rate
- 7.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
23 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
- $0
- Median
- $2,429
- Top tenth
- $14,616
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
- +67%
Parent tags
- CuteNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Colony SimGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best 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.
- Ratopia (opens the Steam store)2023 · 4,650 reviews, 87% positiveest. $1.8M
- Goblin Stone (opens the Steam store)2024 · 736 reviews, 52% positiveest. $372k
- Dream Town Island (opens the Steam store)2023 · 491 reviews, 95% positiveest. $129k
- FEED THE QUEEN (opens the Steam store)2026 · 576 reviews, 69% positiveest. $93k
- Space for Sale (opens the Steam store)2024 · 140 reviews, 50% positiveest. $57k
- Cavern Adventurers (opens the Steam store)2025 · 118 reviews, 48% positiveest. $21k
- Cat Isle (opens the Steam store)2026 · 175 reviews, 96% positiveest. $21k
- Zoo Park Story (opens the Steam store)2023 · 102 reviews, 81% positiveest. $19k
More with Cute
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- Story Rich + Cute$3,396163 launches priced, 188 releases in 12 months
- Cute + LGBTQ+$2,97434 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
- Psychological Horror + Cute$2,84651 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Visual Novel + Cute$2,798212 launches priced, 288 releases in 12 months
More with Colony Sim
pairs with Colony Sim- Base Building + Colony Sim$22,86553 launches priced, 64 releases in 12 months
- Management + Colony Sim$15,78739 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- Building + Colony Sim$11,53947 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- Sandbox + Colony Sim$10,01834 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
- Survival + Colony Sim$9,88130 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- City Builder + Colony Sim$5,26265 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
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