Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Trains / Transportation
Trains + Transportation: 18 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. 5 of 22 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 13% on the year before: 18 against 16.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 18 16 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 47 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 147 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.
| 0.04%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.08% | 7 ranked of 47 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,507 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. | +2%review growth against same-age games | −9% to +19% | 17 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025 | #741 of 2,461pairs on this board |
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
- 22
- Hit rate
- 22.7%9.5% to 38.9%
- Expected rate
- 17.0%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
22 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
- $552
- Median
- $8,739
- Top tenth
- $172,268
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
- +13%
Parent tags
- TrainsGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- TransportationNot 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.
- Train Sim World® 5 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3,038 reviews, 80% positiveest. $2.3M
- Railroader (opens the Steam store)2023 · 3,357 reviews, 96% positiveest. $2M
- RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車! (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,643 reviews, 97% positiveest. $665k
- City Transport Simulator 2026 - Bus & Tram (opens the Steam store)2026 · 543 reviews, 72% positiveest. $440k
- Railroad Corporation 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 379 reviews, 69% positiveest. $307k
- Back in Service: a Metro Driver (opens the Steam store)2025 · 456 reviews, 97% positiveest. $175k
- ZDSimulator (opens the Steam store)2025 · 420 reviews, 89% positiveest. $145k
- Train Valley World (opens the Steam store)2024 · 249 reviews, 69% positiveest. $101k
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