Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Retro + Logic: 46 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 48 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.0 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 119% on the year before: 46 against 21.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 46 21 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 39 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 187 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. | 0.74xhits against expected | 0.74x to 1.38x | 48 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,463 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
- 48
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 2.5%
- Expected rate
- 2.2%
- Against expected
- 0.74x0.74x to 1.38x
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 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
- $222
- Top tenth
- $2,244
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
- +119%
Parent tags
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.
- lily's world XD (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,213 reviews, 97% positiveest. $295k
- Purple Place - Classic Games (opens the Steam store)2023 · 2,323 reviews, 86% positiveest. $94k
- Logic Bombs (opens the Steam store)2025 · 556 reviews, 95% positiveest. $56k
- Mimic Logic (opens the Steam store)2024 · 552 reviews, 97% positiveest. $45k
- Sokogram (opens the Steam store)2026 · 77 reviews, 94% positiveest. $16k
- Rollick N' Roll (opens the Steam store)2026 · 48 reviews, 93% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- QuantumPulse 2A (opens the Steam store)2025 · 30 reviews, 93% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Pushmania (opens the Steam store)2025 · 13 reviews, 100% positiveest. $1k to $10k
More with Retro
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- Psychological Horror + Retro$1,59566 launches priced, 104 releases in 12 months
- Horror + Retro$1,574105 launches priced, 151 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Retro$1,45461 launches priced, 124 releases in 12 months
- Retro + 1990's$1,41683 launches priced, 147 releases in 12 months
- Retro + Mystery$1,40436 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
More with Logic
pairs with Logic- Difficult + Logic$1,87747 launches priced, 36 releases in 12 months
- Cute + Logic$1,13385 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
- Mystery + Logic$72833 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Logic$71766 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Logic$60752 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Logic$60681 launches priced, 116 releases in 12 months
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