Multiple Endings + Interactive Fiction: a typical launch earns $1,453 in its first year

That is the median of 139 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 23 of 284 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 15.9 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 41% on the year before: 230 against 163.

China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese

Price: $1,453
Price vs a year earlier: −24.7%
Releases, 12 months: 230
Upcoming games: 479
Games on the store: 1,282

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.

Multiple Endings + Interactive Fiction 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.	0.13%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.11% to 0.16%	40 ranked of 480 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#1,446 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese Listed after unflagged rows on this board	1.38xhits against expected	1.03x to 1.84x	284 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#5,903 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese	−16%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	−31% to +3%	62 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#1,893 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese	−13%review growth against same-age games	−21% to −4%	62 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#1,407 of 2,461pairs on this board

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: 23
Expected: 15.9

Launches: 284
Hit rate: 8.1%6.2% to 14.2%
Expected rate: 5.6%
Against expected: 1.38x1.03x to 1.84x

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

284 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: $61
Median: $1,270
Top tenth: $67,937

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: 230
Prior 12 months: 163

Change: +41%
Against Steam: +3%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

Multiple EndingsNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Interactive FictionGenre 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.

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