Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Funny + Party Game: a typical launch earns $1,112 in its first year

That is the median of 37 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 6 of 97 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 4.0 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 379% on the year before: 206 against 43.

Price: $1,112
Price vs a year earlier: −42.7%
Releases, 12 months: 206
Upcoming games: 516
Games on the store: 884

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

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

Funny + Party Game on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. One game dominates the figure Listed after unflagged rows on this board	0.40%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.17% to 0.67%	21 ranked of 518 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#4,623 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	1.28xhits against expected	0.87x to 2.02x	97 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#1,419 of 6,324pairs on this board
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

launches 6 to 30 months old

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: 6
Expected: 4.0

Launches: 97
Hit rate: 6.2%2.4% to 12.4%
Expected rate: 4.2%
Against expected: 1.28x0.87x to 2.02x

Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.

Revenue spread

97 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: $32
Median: $1,698
Top tenth: $45,909

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

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 206
Prior 12 months: 43

Change: +379%

Parent tags

FunnyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Party GameGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Funny

pairs with Funny

Co-op + Funny$5,64452 launches priced, 130 releases in 12 months
Online Co-Op + Funny$5,38258 launches priced, 166 releases in 12 months
Funny + Romance$4,86732 launches priced, 30 releases in 12 months
Funny + Life Sim$2,42933 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + Funny$2,42495 launches priced, 113 releases in 12 months
Exploration + Funny$2,386110 launches priced, 181 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Funny

More with Party Game

pairs with Party Game

Multiplayer + Party Game$1,66842 launches priced, 298 releases in 12 months
Casual + Party Game$1,19340 launches priced, 460 releases in 12 months
PvP + Party Game$1,11243 launches priced, 282 releases in 12 months
Action + Party Game$98030 launches priced, 278 releases in 12 months
3D + Party Gameno price193 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Party Gameno price191 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Party Game

Verdicts

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