Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Relaxing / Job Simulator
Relaxing + Job Simulator: 37 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. 4 of 25 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 147% on the year before: 37 against 15.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 37 15 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 81 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 141 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. | 0.11%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.08% to 0.14% | 15 ranked of 81 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #1,663 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| 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
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.
- Launches
- 25
- Hit rate
- 16.0%4.7% to 35.7%
- Expected rate
- 6.6%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
25 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
- $505
- Median
- $8,351
- Top tenth
- $110,689
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
- +147%
Parent tags
- RelaxingNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Job SimulatorGenre 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.
- ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs (opens the Steam store)2026 · 9,704 reviews, 95% positiveest. $3.8M
- Dressmaker (opens the Steam store)2026 · 5,974 reviews, 97% positiveest. $1.7M
- Leaf it Alone (opens the Steam store)2025 · 6,354 reviews, 95% positiveest. $758k
- Chop Chop Inc. (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,381 reviews, 90% positiveest. $363k
- Furnish Master (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,109 reviews, 81% positiveest. $337k
- Happy Sheepies (opens the Steam store)2024 · 569 reviews, 85% positiveest. $230k
- A Game About Chopping Trees (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,143 reviews, 85% positiveest. $185k
- Cozy Cleaner (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,048 reviews, 88% positiveest. $148k
More with Relaxing
pairs with Relaxing- Relaxing + Economy$7,82849 launches priced, 115 releases in 12 months
- Relaxing + Open World$3,43945 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
- Building + Relaxing$3,39787 launches priced, 134 releases in 12 months
- Relaxing + Management$3,154101 launches priced, 233 releases in 12 months
- Relaxing + Farming Sim$2,87450 launches priced, 106 releases in 12 months
- Relaxing + Crafting$2,42950 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
More with Job Simulator
pairs with Job Simulator- Management + Job Simulator$12,07830 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Job Simulator$8,44230 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Job Simulator$5,46453 launches priced, 106 releases in 12 months
- Job Simulator + Shop Keeperno price41 releases in 12 months
- Job Simulator + Cozyno price37 releases in 12 months
- Life Sim + Job Simulatorno price36 releases in 12 months
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