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.

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Niches 3 Oct

Of 1,115 niches with 30+ launches at $10 to $20, 500 beat the 18 in 100 base rate. Price moves the odds most: 1 in 219 under $5, 40 in 100 at $20 to $40.500 of 1,115 niches beat the 18 in 100 base rate.500 beat the base rate.

Typical launch, all prices, first year $540

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 12 to 36 months old, data 3 Oct 2026. A hit is an estimated first year of $100k+. Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer. The revenue estimate is soft: about 5 to 8 in 100 launches overall.

The niche list

Best odds at my priceChance of $100k+, read within one price band.Now: Building + Life Sim, 57 in 100. 1,115 match.Steady marketsHolds in every lens and no single game owns it.Now: Cinematic + Story Rich, 52 in 100. 362 match.Biggest typical yearWhat the middle launch earned, highest first.Now: Cinematic + Story Rich, $133,868 typical. 1,115 match.Biggest upsideWhat the top tenth earned at least.Now: Casual + Cozy, $2.1M top 1 in 10. 563 match.Proven at scale100+ launches and above the base rate.Now: Economy + Simulation, 36 in 100. 57 match.Busiest marketsMost launches first: where the competition is.Now: Adventure + Exploration, 390 launches. 1,115 match.
Hide one-hit markets0 outHide small samples+126 if offHolds in every lens+327 if off

1,115 of 4,634 niches have 30+ launches at $10 to $20. 236 match the search and chips. Sorted by chance of $100k+, highest 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 18 in 100758 of 4,301 $8,234$217,858 4,301
1 42 in 100 earned $100k+, from 79 launches 42 in 10033 hits $67,200 $784,585 79 none Pin Multiplayer + Online Co-Op
2 41 in 100 earned $100k+, from 58 launches 41 in 10024 hits $49,207 $1,783,729 58 none Pin Multiplayer + Simulation
3 41 in 100 earned $100k+, from 81 launches 41 in 10033 hits $38,186 $641,210 81 none Pin Open World + Sandbox
4 39 in 100 earned $100k+, from 64 launches 39 in 10025 hits $41,029 $809,154 64 none Pin Open World + Simulation
5 39 in 100 earned $100k+, from 80 launches 39 in 10031 hits $49,793 $682,937 80 none Pin Immersive Sim + Life Sim
6 36 in 100 earned $100k+, from 99 launches 36 in 10036 hits $26,760 $668,606 99 none Pin Building + Sandbox
7 36 in 100 earned $100k+, from 81 launches 36 in 10029 hits $42,360 $778,975 81 none Pin Co-op + Multiplayer
8 36 in 100 earned $100k+, from 81 launches 36 in 10029 hits $50,860 $466,495 81 none Pin Immersive Sim + Management
9 34 in 100 earned $100k+, from 62 launches 34 in 10021 hits $31,186 $352,182 62 none Pin Building + Crafting
10 34 in 100 earned $100k+, from 77 launches 34 in 10026 hits $34,532 $778,975 77 none Pin Co-op + Online Co-Op
11 33 in 100 earned $100k+, from 66 launches 33 in 10022 hits $38,186 $341,747 66 none Pin Casual + Management
12 33 in 100 earned $100k+, from 54 launches 33 in 10018 hits $37,934 $842,454 54 none Pin Building + Economy
13 32 in 100 earned $100k+, from 50 launches 32 in 10016 hits $32,079 $439,690 50 none Pin Investigation + Story Rich
14 32 in 100 earned $100k+, from 94 launches 32 in 10030 hits $26,198 $554,884 94 none Pin Action + Roguelike
15 32 in 100 earned $100k+, from 66 launches 32 in 10021 hits $21,814 $595,084 66 none Pin Investigation + Mystery
16 32 in 100 earned $100k+, from 57 launches 32 in 10018 hits $9,085 $632,533 57 none Pin RPG + Sandbox
17 31 in 100 earned $100k+, from 51 launches 31 in 10016 hits $29,558 $510,547 51 none Pin Sandbox + Survival
18 30 in 100 earned $100k+, from 82 launches 30 in 10025 hits $21,487 $377,555 82 none Pin Open World + RPG
19 30 in 100 earned $100k+, from 101 launches 30 in 10030 hits $18,676 $677,280 101 none Pin First-Person + Immersive Sim
20 30 in 100 earned $100k+, from 91 launches 30 in 10027 hits $28,213 $454,995 91 none Pin Base Building + Strategy
21 30 in 100 earned $100k+, from 61 launches 30 in 10018 hits $16,101 $382,254 61 none Pin Simulation + Story Rich
22 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 163 launches 29 in 10048 hits $28,459 $386,359 163 none Pin Life Sim + Simulation
23 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 68 launches 29 in 10020 hits $24,826 $507,356 68 none Pin Base Building + Survival
24 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 75 launches 29 in 10022 hits $33,425 $641,210 75 none Pin Base Building + Crafting
25 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 79 launches 29 in 10023 hits $20,306 $352,182 79 none Pin Base Building + Building
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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 or 5 hits 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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