Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Western: 76 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. 8 of 87 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 17% on the year before: 76 against 65.
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 76 65 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 175 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 525 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.
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
- 87
- Hit rate
- 9.2%5.7% to 16.9%
- Expected rate
- 6.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
87 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
- $1,029
- Top tenth
- $85,214
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +17%
Tag
- WesternNot 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 tag 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.
Far Far West (opens the Steam store)2026 · 31,677 reviews, 95% positiveest. $13M
Wild Bastards (opens the Steam store)2024 · 620 reviews, 74% positiveest. $439k
Alaska Gold Fever (opens the Steam store)2026 · 982 reviews, 79% positiveest. $338k
Saloon Simulator (opens the Steam store)2025 · 865 reviews, 89% positiveest. $333k
Railroad Corporation 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 379 reviews, 69% positiveest. $307k
Unbridled: That Horse Game (opens the Steam store)2025 · 490 reviews, 85% positiveest. $248k
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death (opens the Steam store)2023 · 473 reviews, 63% positiveest. $191k
Wild Indigo Ranch (opens the Steam store)2023 · 424 reviews, 68% positiveest. $172k
More with Western
pairs with Western- Action + Westernno price39 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Westernno price27 releases in 12 months
- Western + 3Dno price21 releases in 12 months
- Western + 2Dno price20 releases in 12 months
- Western + Shooterno price15 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Westernno price15 releases in 12 months
- Western + FPSno price14 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Westernno price13 releases in 12 months
- Western + Pixel Graphicsno price12 releases in 12 months
- Western + First-Personno price12 releases in 12 months
- Western + Arcadeno price12 releases in 12 months
- Western + Roguelikeno price11 releases in 12 months
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