Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Simulation / Voxel
Simulation + Voxel: 36 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. 1 of 34 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.7 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 112% on the year before: 36 against 17.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 36 17 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 78 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 196 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.
| 0.85xhits against expected | 0.69x to 1.52x | 34 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #3,736 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
- 34
- Hit rate
- 2.9%0.0% to 12.7%
- Expected rate
- 5.0%
- Against expected
- 0.85x0.69x to 1.52x
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
34 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
- $991
- Top tenth
- $42,948
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
- +112%
Parent tags
- SimulationGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- VoxelNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.
- A Game About Digging A Hole™ (opens the Steam store)2025 · 18,827 reviews, 89% positiveest. $1.9M
- The Spotter: Dig or Die (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,819 reviews, 84% positiveest. $478k
- Station to Station (opens the Steam store)2023 · 1,240 reviews, 89% positiveest. $452k
- Dawn Apart (opens the Steam store)2025 · 245 reviews, 68% positiveest. $99k
- Digger: Galactic Treasures (opens the Steam store)2025 · 717 reviews, 87% positiveest. $72k
- Dino Ramen Express (opens the Steam store)2026 · 161 reviews, 72% positiveest. $49k
- FRUKT (opens the Steam store)2026 · 210 reviews, 92% positiveest. $32k
- FluxWerks (opens the Steam store)2026 · 60 reviews, 91% positiveest. $30k
More with Simulation
pairs with Simulation- Simulation + Shop Keeper$32,26936 launches priced, 330 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Cozy$15,70676 launches priced, 253 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Online Co-Op$11,02868 launches priced, 133 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Multiplayer$8,980122 launches priced, 253 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Base Building$7,38289 launches priced, 173 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Economy$6,979210 launches priced, 540 releases in 12 months
More with Voxel
pairs with Voxel- Voxel + 3Dno price46 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Voxelno price39 releases in 12 months
- Voxel + Sandboxno price30 releases in 12 months
- Action + Voxelno price27 releases in 12 months
- Voxel + Explorationno price24 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Voxelno price21 releases in 12 months
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