Genres

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

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Niches 1 Oct

Of 1,269 niches with 30+ launches at $10 to $20, 581 beat the 19 in 100 base rate. Price moves the odds most: 1 in 192 under $5, 42 in 100 at $20 to $40.581 of 1,269 niches beat the 19 in 100 base rate.581 beat the base rate.

Cohort median $606

Niches

Every tag pair (two tags on the same game), screened by how often its indie launches earned $100k or more in their first year. Pick your price first: price moves the odds more than the tags do.

Indie paid Steam launches 6 to 30 months old, data 1 Oct 2026. A hit is an estimated first year of $100k+. The revenue estimate is soft: about 5 to 8 in 100 launches overall.

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Best odds at my priceChance of $100k+, read within one price band.Now: Casual + Cozy, 55 in 100. 1,269 match.Steady marketsHolds in every lens and no single game owns it.Now: Casual + Cozy, 55 in 100. 706 match.Biggest typical yearWhat the middle launch earned, highest first.Now: Casual + Cozy, $120,225 typical. 1,269 match.Biggest upsideWhat the top tenth earned at least.Now: Co-op + Multiplayer, $1.6M top 1 in 10. 658 match.Proven at scale100+ launches and above the base rate.Now: Building + Sandbox, 38 in 100. 75 match.Busiest marketsMost launches first: where the competition is.Now: Adventure + Exploration, 437 launches. 1,269 match.
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1,269 of 5,145 niches have 30+ launches at $10 to $20. 46 match the search and chips. Sorted by chance of $100k+, lowest first.

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Niches at $10 to $20, sorted by chance of $100k+. The first row is the base rate.
Rank#NicheChance of $100k+Typical yearTop 1 in 10LaunchesMarkersPin
All games at $10 to $20the base rate: the row to beat 19 in 100893 of 4,810 $9,226$248,075 4,810
1 1 in 31 earned $100k+, from 31 launches 1 in 311 hit $1,457 $10,120 31 1-hitSmall Pin Adventure + Time Management
2 1 in 16 earned $100k+, from 31 launches 1 in 162 hits $1,518 $21,833 31 Small Pin Exploration + Time Management
3 1 in 12 earned $100k+, from 37 launches 1 in 123 hits $911 $65,762 37 Small Pin Puzzle + Time Management
4 1 in 12 earned $100k+, from 71 launches 1 in 126 hits $2,428 $71,402 71 none Pin Casual + Time Management
5 13 in 100 earned $100k+, from 72 launches 13 in 1009 hits $1,538 $106,345 72 none Pin Strategy + Time Management
6 19 in 100 earned $100k+, from 31 launches 19 in 1006 hits $12,889 $169,403 31 1-hitSmall Pin First-Person + Time Management
7 22 in 100 earned $100k+, from 93 launches 22 in 10020 hits $12,889 $181,613 93 1-hit Pin Simulation + Time Management
8 22 in 100 earned $100k+, from 32 launches 22 in 1007 hits $31,569 $249,585 32 1-hitSmallAudience Pin Exploration + Resource Management
9 22 in 100 earned $100k+, from 41 launches 22 in 1009 hits $21,833 $256,801 41 1-hitSmall Pin 3D + Time Management
10 23 in 100 earned $100k+, from 71 launches 23 in 10016 hits $22,359 $203,613 71 1-hit Pin 3D + Management
11 23 in 100 earned $100k+, from 30 launches 23 in 1007 hits $23,315 $281,739 30 Small Pin Colony Sim + Management
12 23 in 100 earned $100k+, from 30 launches 23 in 1007 hits $22,096 $202,466 30 Small Pin Resource Management + Survival
13 23 in 100 earned $100k+, from 98 launches 23 in 10023 hits $20,338 $231,544 98 1-hit Pin Resource Management + Strategy
14 24 in 100 earned $100k+, from 34 launches 24 in 1008 hits $18,453 $280,929 34 Small Pin Crafting + Resource Management
15 24 in 100 earned $100k+, from 33 launches 24 in 1008 hits $50,085 $231,498 33 1-hitSmallAudience Pin Exploration + Management
16 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 138 launches 25 in 10034 hits $20,152 $245,307 138 none Pin Management + Strategy
17 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 48 launches 25 in 10012 hits $32,013 $539,889 48 1-hitSmall Pin Management + Trading
18 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 36 launches 25 in 1009 hits $25,498 $258,015 36 Small Pin Immersive Sim + Time Management
19 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 63 launches 25 in 10016 hits $31,574 $358,651 63 1-hit Pin Base Building + Resource Management
20 26 in 100 earned $100k+, from 84 launches 26 in 10022 hits $34,477 $281,104 84 none Pin Casual + Management
21 26 in 100 earned $100k+, from 34 launches 26 in 1009 hits $26,951 $228,711 34 Small Pin Casual + Resource Management
22 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 66 launches 29 in 10019 hits $34,477 $256,801 66 1-hit Pin Management + Time Management
23 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 93 launches 29 in 10027 hits $35,622 $249,585 93 1-hit Pin Resource Management + Simulation
24 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 34 launches 29 in 10010 hits $32,881 $378,827 34 1-hitSmall Pin Management + Realistic
25 30 in 100 earned $100k+, from 44 launches 30 in 10013 hits $31,382 $391,620 44 1-hitSmall Pin City Builder + Management
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green beats the base ratecoral below it bar: the chance; amber tick: the base rate1-hit one game holds over half the moneySmall under 50 launches in this viewAudience reads differently for Western players

Under 30 launches a chance is written as a count ("3 of 12"), never as odds. Typical year is the middle launch's first-year earnings. Lenses, the one-hit share and the audience split are measured across all prices. A game counts in every pair its tags make.

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