Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Point & Click + Escape Room: a typical launch earns $1,585 in its first year

That is the median of 30 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 3 of 48 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 2.7 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases fell 24% on the year before: 25 against 33.

One game dominates the figure

Price: $1,585
Price vs a year earlier: −7.7%
Releases, 12 months: 25
Upcoming games: 33
Games on the store: 176

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.

Point & Click + Escape Room 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.	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. One game dominates the figure	1.06xhits against expected	0.74x to 1.77x	48 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#2,464 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 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: 3
Expected: 2.7

Launches: 48
Hit rate: 6.3%1.9% to 12.0%
Expected rate: 5.6%
Against expected: 1.06x0.74x to 1.77x

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

48 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: $42
Median: $1,214
Top tenth: $41,946

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: 25
Prior 12 months: 33

Change: −24%

Parent tags

Point & ClickGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Escape RoomGenre 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.

Related niches

pairs with Point & Click

Point & Click + Investigation$4,85753 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Female Protagonist$3,03141 launches priced, 68 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Story Rich$2,569170 launches priced, 208 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Mystery$2,426120 launches priced, 145 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Psychological Horror$2,30264 launches priced, 114 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Detective$2,10470 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Point & Click

More with Escape Room

pairs with Escape Room

Adventure + Escape Room$2,42743 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months
Mystery + Escape Roomno price32 releases in 12 months
Exploration + Escape Roomno price28 releases in 12 months
Hidden Object + Escape Roomno price23 releases in 12 months
First-Person + Escape Roomno price21 releases in 12 months
Casual + Escape Roomno price20 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Escape Room

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