Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Experimental: 56 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. 3 of 90 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 17% on the year before: 56 against 48.

One game dominates the figure

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 56
Upcoming games: 171
Games on the store: 1,023

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: 3

Launches: 90
Hit rate: 3.3%0.0% to 7.2%
Expected rate: 3.8%

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

Revenue spread

90 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: $79
Median: $1,567
Top tenth: $15,514

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: 56
Prior 12 months: 48

Change: +17%

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 Experimental

pairs with Experimental

Casual + Experimentalno price25 releases in 12 months
Simulation + Experimentalno price16 releases in 12 months
Puzzle + Experimentalno price13 releases in 12 months
Adventure + Experimentalno price12 releases in 12 months
2D + Experimentalno price10 releases in 12 months
Horror + Experimentalno price10 releases in 12 months
Psychological Horror + Experimentalno price10 releases in 12 months
Funny + Experimentalno price10 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Experimentalno price9 releases in 12 months
Action + Experimentalno price8 releases in 12 months
Exploration + Experimentalno price8 releases in 12 months
Visual Novel + Experimentalno price8 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Experimental

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