Genres

Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.

Shop Keeper $41,842//Open World Survival Craft $25,255//Job Simulator $11,850//Bullet Heaven $11,661//Trains $11,390//Roguelike Deckbuilder $9,124 -15.7%//Trading $6,898//Otome $5,505//Management $3,783 -46.1%//Dating Sim $3,678 -40.2%//Metroidvania $3,338 -4.4%//Fighting $3,114//Building $3,016 +3.9%//Colony Sim $2,914 -71.3%//City Builder $2,448 -3.9%//Grand Strategy $2,337 -37.5%//Programming $2,289//Sailing $2,263//Deckbuilding $2,057 -62.4%//Visual Novel $2,024 -5.2%//Automation $2,003 -67.5%//Life Sim $1,792 -52.7%//Investigation $1,786 +13.0%//Sandbox $1,767 -47.8%//4X $1,738//Escape Room $1,677//JRPG $1,611 +81.9%//Cooking $1,570 +11.0%//Immersive Sim $1,533 -25.2%//Farming Sim $1,489 -52.2%//Creature Collector $1,356 +46.5%//Psychological Horror $1,334 -16.7%//Card Battler $1,262 -45.5%//Survival $1,246 -8.9%//Roguelite $1,246 -21.8%//Tactical RPG $1,246 -23.1%//Auto Battler $1,226 -29.5%//Roguelike $1,214 -9.0%//Party-Based RPG $1,169 -54.1%//Fishing $1,131 -58.5%//

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GMDGame Market DataBuild what sells

Live games: 201,879; on 11 Nov 2026

Niches

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Swordplay

A theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: GMD never ranks it as a market on its own, only inside pairs. Its pairs with 30+ launches are listed below.

What is known

Indie paid launches: 12412 to 36 months old
Earned $100k+: 1 in 128.1 in 100, 1 in 12
Typical first-year earnings: $421median launch
Releases, 12 months: 8986 the year before
Upcoming games: 344coming soon on Steam
Games on the store: 896carrying this tag

Pairs with Swordplay

Action + Swordplay68 launches, 7.4 in 100 hit
Hack and Slash + Swordplay40 launches, 4 of them hit

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Releases

Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.

#9 Witchbrook Jan 28, 2027 122k followers//#13 METRO 2039 Feb 4, 2027 86k followers//#17 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Dec 3, 2026 96k followers//#22 Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Jan 28, 2027 66k followers//#33 Emberville Jan 7, 2027 51k followers//#47 HUNGER Dec 3, 2026 61k followers//#45 Hela: of Mice & Magic Dec 1, 2026 39k followers//#74 Outward 2 Feb 7, 2027 43k followers//#56 STRANGER THAN HEAVEN Jan 14, 2027 29k followers//#89 ANANTA Jan 15, 2027 29k followers//#133 Blind Descent Dec 2, 2026 28k followers//#121 Danganronpa 2x2 Jan 13, 2027 22k followers//#150 Defilade Dec 15, 2026 23k followers//#182 Arkheron Nov 27, 2026 22k followers//#143 TankRat Jan 15, 2027 18k followers//#192 Tropico 7 Jan 28, 2027 19k followers//#196 Acts of Blood December 2026 17k followers//#197 Guns of Eschaton Dec 8, 2026 14k followers//#208 Armatus Jan 7, 2027 15k followers//#209 VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss January 2027 12k followers//#190 Trees Hate You Nov 16, 2026 10k followers//#210 Never Be Alone Dec 8, 2026 11k followers//#231 Main Sequence Nov 12, 2026 12k followers//#200 PRISON OF HUSKS Jan 27, 2027 10k followers//#214 Rayman Legends Retold Dec 3, 2026 10k followers//#263 Melvor Idle 2 Nov 17, 2026 12k followers//#240 Demon Bluff November 2026 8,636 followers//#272 STAGE TOUR Dec 10, 2026 8,951 followers//#567 Our Life: Now & Forever Nov 27, 2026 17k followers//#276 The Road of Dust and Sorrow Dec 3, 2026 8,666 followers//