Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Platformer / Party Game
Platformer + Party Game: 64 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. 0 of 30 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 0.8 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 540% on the year before: 64 against 10.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 64 10 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 105 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 201 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | 0.80xhits against expected | 0.80x to 1.46x | 30 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,101 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| 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
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured 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
- 30
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 5.5%
- Expected rate
- 2.5%
- Against expected
- 0.80x0.80x to 1.46x
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
30 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
- $5,162
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
- +540%
Parent tags
- PlatformerGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Party GameGenre 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.
- Climber Animals: Together (opens the Steam store)2024 · 6,072 reviews, 73% positiveest. $285k
- Head's Adventures:chibichibi (opens the Steam store)2025 · 332 reviews, 97% positiveest. $54k
- Jelly Express (opens the Steam store)2023 · 136 reviews, 80% positiveest. $19k
- Lunars (opens the Steam store)2026 · 40 reviews, 97% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- 捣蛋蛙(Croak Squad) (opens the Steam store)2026 · 178 reviews, 26% positiveest. $7.9k
- Which Way Up: Galaxy Games (opens the Steam store)2025 · 16 reviews, 100% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Lazy Climbers (opens the Steam store)2024 · 35 reviews, 68% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Ultimate Monkey Race (opens the Steam store)2024 · 33 reviews, 72% positiveest. $1k to $10k
More with Platformer
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- Platformer + Story Rich$3,03344 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
- Platformer + Metroidvania$2,894105 launches priced, 124 releases in 12 months
- Platformer + Hack and Slash$1,33433 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
- Platformer + Female Protagonist$1,11270 launches priced, 94 releases in 12 months
- Platformer + Horror$80736 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
More with Party Game
pairs with Party Game- Multiplayer + Party Game$1,66842 launches priced, 298 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Party Game$1,19340 launches priced, 460 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Party Game$1,11237 launches priced, 206 releases in 12 months
- PvP + Party Game$1,11243 launches priced, 282 releases in 12 months
- Action + Party Game$98030 launches priced, 278 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Party Gameno price193 releases in 12 months
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