Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Gore / Walking Simulator
Gore + Walking Simulator: 22 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 34 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 29% on the year before: 22 against 17.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 22 17 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 24 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 113 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
| Board | Value | Interval | Sample | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | 1.30xhits against expected | 0.92x to 2.14x | 34 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #1,344 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 oldMatured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 34
- Hit rate
- 8.8%2.6% to 18.0%
- Expected rate
- 4.7%
- Against expected
- 1.30x0.92x to 2.14x
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
34 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $212
- Median
- $2,627
- Top tenth
- $35,925
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +29%
Parent tags
- GoreNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Walking SimulatorGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe 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.
- Mouthwashing (opens the Steam store)2024 · 34,448 reviews, 95% positiveest. $9M
- Still Wakes the Deep (opens the Steam store)2024 · 11,274 reviews, 87% positiveest. $7.8M
- Don't Play This (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,011 reviews, 84% positiveest. $184k
- Bad Cheese (opens the Steam store)2025 · 610 reviews, 71% positiveest. $160k
- Psalm 5:9-13 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,863 reviews, 83% positiveest. $151k
- Psalm 2 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 654 reviews, 88% positiveest. $106k
- Uncanny Tales: The Watcher (opens the Steam store)2026 · 323 reviews, 80% positiveest. $46k
- Witch's Doll (opens the Steam store)2024 · 261 reviews, 85% positiveest. $37k
More with Gore
pairs with Gore- Psychological Horror + Gore$2,79040 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
- Action-Adventure + Gore$2,02430 launches priced, 18 releases in 12 months
- Horror + Gore$1,82098 launches priced, 113 releases in 12 months
- Shooter + Gore$1,46646 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
- First-Person + Gore$1,41671 launches priced, 86 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Gore$1,29455 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
More with Walking Simulator
pairs with Walking Simulator- Thriller + Walking Simulator$4,18364 launches priced, 94 releases in 12 months
- Cinematic + Walking Simulator$3,57532 launches priced, 57 releases in 12 months
- Walking Simulator + Supernatural$3,23435 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Walking Simulator$2,627119 launches priced, 186 releases in 12 months
- Realistic + Walking Simulator$2,122146 launches priced, 187 releases in 12 months
- Mystery + Walking Simulator$2,02077 launches priced, 151 releases in 12 months
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