Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Philosophical: 158 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. 14 of 227 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 11% on the year before: 158 against 142.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 158
Upcoming games: 336
Games on the store: 1,018

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: 14

Launches: 227
Hit rate: 6.2%2.4% to 9.5%
Expected rate: 4.6%

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

Revenue spread

227 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: $0
Median: $806
Top tenth: $41,569

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: 158
Prior 12 months: 142

Change: +11%

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 Philosophical

pairs with Philosophical

Psychological Horror + Philosophical$1,26832 launches priced, 29 releases in 12 months
Exploration + Philosophical$90230 launches priced, 33 releases in 12 months
Adventure + Philosophical$89043 launches priced, 58 releases in 12 months
Casual + Philosophical$21236 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + Philosophicalno price48 releases in 12 months
Visual Novel + Philosophicalno price46 releases in 12 months
2D + Philosophicalno price35 releases in 12 months
Psychological + Philosophicalno price35 releases in 12 months
Emotional + Philosophicalno price31 releases in 12 months
Interactive Fiction + Philosophicalno price29 releases in 12 months
Choices Matter + Philosophicalno price27 releases in 12 months
Puzzle + Philosophicalno price25 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Philosophical

Verdicts

in development

GMD Verdicts will be a written read on a niche, built from the same data and the published method on this site. Join the early list and we will email you when the first ones are ready. Nothing on this page is held back while you wait.