Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Dialogue Heavy: 287 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. 12 of 310 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 46% on the year before: 287 against 196.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 287
Upcoming games: 759
Games on the store: 1,769

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

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

Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.

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.

Hits: 12

Launches: 310
Hit rate: 3.9%2.3% to 9.2%
Expected rate: 5.9%

Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

310 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: $971
Top tenth: $37,435

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

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 287
Prior 12 months: 196

Change: +46%

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The biggest indie games in this tag 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 Dialogue Heavy

pairs with Dialogue Heavy

Visual Novel + Dialogue Heavy$2,12352 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
Adventure + Dialogue Heavy$1,90555 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + Dialogue Heavy$1,20848 launches priced, 103 releases in 12 months
Choices Matter + Dialogue Heavy$82744 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
Casual + Dialogue Heavy$60551 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
2D + Dialogue Heavy$50537 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
Interactive Fiction + Dialogue Heavyno price67 releases in 12 months
Multiple Endings + Dialogue Heavyno price66 releases in 12 months
Simulation + Dialogue Heavyno price52 releases in 12 months
Exploration + Dialogue Heavyno price44 releases in 12 months
RPG + Dialogue Heavyno price42 releases in 12 months
Psychological Horror + Dialogue Heavyno price42 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Dialogue Heavy

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