Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Open World: 681 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. 151 of 931 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 21% on the year before: 681 against 561.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 681
Upcoming games: 2,828
Games on the store: 7,171

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where 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.

Hits: 151

Launches: 931
Hit rate: 16.2%14.5% to 21.3%
Expected rate: 11.2%

Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

931 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: $40
Median: $2,023
Top tenth: $331,170

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 681
Prior 12 months: 561

Change: +21%

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Open World

pairs with Open World

Open World + Multiplayer$15,60236 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
Open World + Open World Survival Craft$14,79431 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
Open World + Life Sim$13,38736 launches priced, 39 releases in 12 months
Open World + Crafting$7,48760 launches priced, 105 releases in 12 months
Driving + Open World$6,51131 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
Building + Open World$5,98741 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
Open World + Cute$5,88634 launches priced, 33 releases in 12 months
Open World + Base Building$5,82653 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
Open World + Sandbox$5,607105 launches priced, 162 releases in 12 months
Survival + Open World$5,44390 launches priced, 136 releases in 12 months
Open World + Character Customization$4,55339 launches priced, 39 releases in 12 months
Simulation + Open World$4,147120 launches priced, 182 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Open World

Verdicts

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