Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Magic: 429 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. 25 of 577 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 20% on the year before: 429 against 357.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 429 357 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 1,392 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 3,411 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where 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.
- Launches
- 577
- Hit rate
- 4.3%2.9% to 7.2%
- Expected rate
- 7.1%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
577 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
- $0
- Median
- $606
- Top tenth
- $26,521
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +20%
Tag
- MagicNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe 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.
Mistfall Hunter (opens the Steam store)2026 · 16,353 reviews, 53% positiveest. $7.8M
WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT (opens the Steam store)2023 · 7,312 reviews, 98% positiveest. $4.1M
The Spell Brigade (opens the Steam store)2024 · 14,815 reviews, 80% positiveest. $3.3M
South of Midnight (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4,399 reviews, 94% positiveest. $3.1M
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! (opens the Steam store)2026 · 25,011 reviews, 94% positiveest. $2.9M
YAPYAP (opens the Steam store)2026 · 8,472 reviews, 83% positiveest. $1.7M
REKA (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,992 reviews, 82% positiveest. $1.2M
Mage Arena (opens the Steam store)2025 · 17,821 reviews, 91% positiveest. $1.1M
More with Magic
pairs with Magic- Story Rich + Magic$3,23836 launches priced, 32 releases in 12 months
- Magic + Female Protagonist$3,07630 launches priced, 19 releases in 12 months
- Magic + Action Roguelike$1,70732 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
- Magic + Colorful$1,66832 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Magic$1,37576 launches priced, 105 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Magic$1,214137 launches priced, 217 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Magic$1,13235 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Magic$1,00134 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Magic$97083 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Magic$91071 launches priced, 115 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Magic$90963 launches priced, 104 releases in 12 months
- Magic + Cute$90937 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
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