Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

eSports: 139 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 157 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 21% on the year before: 139 against 115.

One game dominates the figure

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 139
Upcoming games: 380
Games on the store: 1,128

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: 157
Hit rate: 7.6%4.6% to 11.9%
Expected rate: 9.2%

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

Revenue spread

157 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: $605
Top tenth: $47,678

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: 139
Prior 12 months: 115

Change: +21%

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 eSports

pairs with eSports

Sports + eSports$1,01053 launches priced, 93 releases in 12 months
Simulation + eSports$82235 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
Arcade + eSports$64730 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
Casual + eSports$20231 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
3D + eSports$18233 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
PvP + eSportsno price49 releases in 12 months
Action + eSportsno price47 releases in 12 months
Multiplayer + eSportsno price38 releases in 12 months
Strategy + eSportsno price25 releases in 12 months
2D + eSportsno price24 releases in 12 months
Third Person + eSportsno price17 releases in 12 months
First-Person + eSportsno price16 releases in 12 months

Every pair with eSports

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