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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Game Market DataSteam market, quoted daily
Live games
191,514
on 30 Sep 2026

Spelling price

$788

up +254.7%on a year earlier

Launches
50
Window
2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3
Rank
#61 of 126

Median est. first-year revenue of indie paid launches. No price history series is in the site data yet, so there is no chart.

Genre report30 Sep 2026

Spelling indie launches earn a median $788 in their first year, up 254.7% on a year earlier

Indie launches in Spelling reached $100k est. revenue 0.42x as often as launches at the same price and in the same quarter across Steam (107 launches).

Standing on six boards

Most anticipated

Share of all wishlist heat on upcoming Steam games, weighted toward dated, near-term releases.

Too little data to read: 0 ranked upcoming games. Needs 10 wishlist-ranked upcoming games (5 for a tag pair).

Total wishlist heat, so big genres lead. Not backtested yet: wishlist-rank history started 30 Sep 2026.

Gaining fast

Week-over-week follower growth of upcoming games.

Collecting since 30 Sep, first readings 13 Oct.

Needs 14 days of daily follower counts. Nothing is estimated before then.

Launch success

#103 of 115 genres

How often indie paid launches reached $100k est. revenue, against the rate expected for their price and launch quarter.

down 0.42x

90% interval 0.34x to 0.77x

107 launches, indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6-30 months old)

  • 1 of 107 launches reached $100k, against 6.6 expected.

1.0x is par: the hit rate of launches at the same price and in the same quarter across Steam. Indie paid launches 6 to 30 months old.

Fewer new releases

Player growth against release growth, relative to Steam overall.

Thin sample: 4 tracked games. Needs 30 tracked games, 1,000 reviews in each window and 20 releases in each 12-month period. Not ranked.

Fewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.

Rising demand

How much faster this genre’s games gained reviews than same-age games elsewhere, year on year.

Thin sample: 4 tracked games. Needs 30 tracked games (15 for a tag pair) and 1,000 reviews in each window. Not ranked.

Gaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.

Price

#61 of 126 genres

Median est. first-year revenue of indie paid launches over the last four complete quarters.

$788

50 launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3

Estimated from store review counts, so treat it as a level, not an invoice.

Genres are ranked against each other on each board; a "thin" or "too little data" board is left unranked rather than guessed. Every value has its sample size and window beside it.

Top tag pairs

Spelling + another tag, top 5 per board

Sub-markets inside Spelling: games carrying both tags in their top ten. Pairs that hold half or more of the genre's games are left out, since they are the genre again. Each pair links to its own page.

Most anticipated

No Spelling pair meets this board's minimum sample.

Launch success

Tag pairValueLaunches
Puzzle + Spellingdown 0.64x51
2D + Spellingdown 0.56x59
Typing + Spellingdown 0.55x57

Fewer new releases

No Spelling pair meets this board's minimum sample.

Rising demand

No Spelling pair meets this board's minimum sample.

Price

No Spelling pair meets this board's minimum sample.

Upcoming Spelling games

verified 1 Oct 2026

From the verified release calendar: games tagged Spelling among their top store tags, each re-checked against the live store page. Wishlist rank and followers carry the date they were read.

None of the 60 verified games on the release calendar carries Spelling in its top tags right now. Full calendar

Method

methodology v0.7

Revenue figures are estimates from store review counts. Indie means a list price under $40 and not a named major publisher. Board values are computed 1 Oct 2026 from data up to 30 Sep 2026. Validation of the boards against later launches is in progress.

GMD Verdicts

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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.