1980s: 369 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. 16 of 519 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 24% on the year before: 369 against 297.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 369
Upcoming games: 537
Games on the store: 2,223

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where 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.

Hits: 16

Launches: 519
Hit rate: 3.1%1.6% to 4.5%
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

519 launches

Estimated 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: $242
Top tenth: $8,334

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 369
Prior 12 months: 297

Change: +24%

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with 1980s

pairs with 1980s

Retro + 1980s$70858 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
Adventure + 1980s$49066 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
Puzzle + 1980s$38135 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
Action + 1980s$324105 launches priced, 153 releases in 12 months
Pixel Graphics + 1980s$32269 launches priced, 110 releases in 12 months
3D + 1980s$30437 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
Arcade + 1980s$18281 launches priced, 120 releases in 12 months
Action-Adventure + 1980s$12133 launches priced, 37 releases in 12 months
2D + 1980s$101130 launches priced, 168 releases in 12 months
Casual + 1980s$4095 launches priced, 151 releases in 12 months
2D Fighter + 1980s$032 launches priced, 29 releases in 12 months
2D Platformer + 1980s$073 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months

Every pair with 1980s

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