Genres

Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.

Shop Keeper $34,840//Open World Survival Craft $24,935//Trains $13,437//Bullet Heaven $11,032//Job Simulator $9,252//Roguelike Deckbuilder $8,989 -15.6%//Trading $6,008//Otome $5,505//Management $3,778 -43.4%//Dating Sim $3,678 -39.6%//Metroidvania $3,237 -11.8%//Building $3,176 +10.3%//Fighting $3,114//Colony Sim $2,914 -71.8%//City Builder $2,403 -3.2%//Grand Strategy $2,337 -37.5%//Programming $2,176//Automation $2,122 -61.9%//Sailing $2,081//Deckbuilding $2,003 -63.4%//Visual Novel $1,942 -5.9%//Life Sim $1,808 -51.1%//Investigation $1,780 +12.4%//Sandbox $1,754 -46.9%//4X $1,738//JRPG $1,619 +82.8%//Escape Room $1,610//Immersive Sim $1,509 -27.4%//Farming Sim $1,508 -46.2%//Cooking $1,470 +3.9%//Psychological Horror $1,334 -16.7%//Roguelite $1,246 -21.3%//Card Battler $1,246 -46.2%//Survival $1,243 -11.3%//Auto Battler $1,226 -28.5%//Creature Collector $1,226 +80.6%//Roguelike $1,214 -9.0%//Tactical RPG $1,179 -27.2%//Fishing $1,179 -56.8%//Souls-like $1,150 +3.4%//

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GMDGame Market DataBuild what sells

Live games: 192,217; on 3 Oct 2026

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Gore

A theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: GMD never ranks it as a market on its own, only inside pairs. Its pairs with 30+ launches are listed below.

What is known

Indie paid launches: 34312 to 36 months old
Earned $100k+: 11 in 10011.4 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $1,386median launch

Pairs with Gore

Action + Gore179 launches, 13.4 in 100 hit
Gore + Horror177 launches, 9.0 in 100 hit
Gore + Violent136 launches, 9.6 in 100 hit
Adventure + Gore134 launches, 7.5 in 100 hit
First-Person + Gore121 launches, 14.0 in 100 hit
3D + Gore91 launches, 5.5 in 100 hit
Gore + Shooter82 launches, 17.1 in 100 hit
Gore + Psychological Horror76 launches, 6.6 in 100 hit
FPS + Gore75 launches, 17.3 in 100 hit
Gore + Survival Horror53 launches, 2 of them hit
Dark + Gore53 launches, 11.3 in 100 hit
Action-Adventure + Gore46 launches, 23.9 in 100 hit
Gore + Story Rich44 launches, 22.7 in 100 hit
2D + Gore42 launches, 4 of them hit

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Releases

Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.

#6 Phantom Blade Zero Oct 28, 2026 111k followers//#18 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Dec 3, 2026 91k followers//#50 AION 2 Oct 5, 2026 114k followers//#20 over the hill Oct 14, 2026 56k followers//#42 Beautiful Light December 2026 71k followers//#36 Gears of War: E-Day Oct 6, 2026 51k followers//#39 Valor Mortis Oct 13, 2026 38k followers//#40 Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Oct 14, 2026 34k followers//#56 Emberville Oct 27, 2026 42k followers//#55 Hela: of Mice & Magic Dec 1, 2026 37k followers//#52 STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Oct 6, 2026 35k followers//#69 Permafrost Oct 9, 2026 39k followers//#68 FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE Oct 22, 2026 28k followers//#109 Planet Zoo 2 Oct 13, 2026 30k followers//#99 Deep Dish Dungeon Oct 13, 2026 22k followers//#168 Shadow of the Road Nov 12, 2026 25k followers//#185 Loftia Nov 3, 2026 22k followers//#221 Beyond These Stars Oct 16, 2026 20k followers//#160 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Oct 14, 2026 13k followers//#175 Silver Pines Oct 8, 2026 14k followers//#144 We Were Here Tomorrow Oct 20, 2026 12k followers//#147 Cozy Game Restoration Nov 4, 2026 9,537 followers//#207 Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Oct 28, 2026 12k followers//#241 Nomad Drive Oct 20, 2026 14k followers//#215 Order of the Sinking Star Oct 8, 2026 12k followers//#218 Online: 404 Oct 16, 2026 12k followers//#249 Tenebris Somnia Oct 16, 2026 14k followers//#243 THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival Oct 22, 2026 13k followers//#227 VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss January 2027 12k followers//#308 County of Fortune Nov 5, 2026 15k followers//