Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Incremental / Desktop Companion
Incremental + Desktop Companion: 60 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. 8 of 23 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 567% on the year before: 60 against 9.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 60 9 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 119 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 188 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. | 0.06%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.03% to 0.08% | 7 ranked of 119 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,385 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| 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
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.
- Launches
- 23
- Hit rate
- 34.8%17.2% to 48.2%
- Expected rate
- 1.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
23 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
- $1,503
- Median
- $16,345
- Top tenth
- $290,916
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
- +567%
Parent tags
- IncrementalGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Desktop CompanionGenre 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.
- Tiny Pasture (opens the Steam store)2025 · 7,070 reviews, 92% positiveest. $611k
- Ropuka's Idle Island (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4,062 reviews, 95% positiveest. $311k
- Crusaders Quest : Hero Town (opens the Steam store)2026 · 2,586 reviews, 75% positiveest. $301k
- Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,573 reviews, 96% positiveest. $249k
- Desktop Defender (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,767 reviews, 92% positiveest. $179k
- How to Train Your Cock (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,928 reviews, 94% positiveest. $156k
- Cornerpond (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,570 reviews, 97% positiveest. $150k
- Desktop Raid (opens the Steam store)2026 · 688 reviews, 76% positiveest. $125k
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- Creature Collector + Desktop Companionno price52 releases in 12 months
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