Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

2.5D + 2D Platformer: a typical launch earns $303 in its first year

That is the median of 71 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 4 of 126 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 9.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 25% on the year before: 104 against 83.

Price: $303
Price vs a year earlier: −16.6%
Releases, 12 months: 104
Upcoming games: 206
Games on the store: 577

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

2.5D + 2D Platformer on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.	0.07%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.04% to 0.10%	19 ranked of 206 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#2,243 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	0.55xhits against expected	0.38x to 0.92x	126 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#5,424 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.	Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 20 or more releases in each 12-month period.
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.	Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 1,000 reviews in each window.

Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.

Launch success

launches 6 to 30 months old

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: 4
Expected: 9.6

Launches: 126
Hit rate: 3.2%0.8% to 7.7%
Expected rate: 7.6%
Against expected: 0.55x0.38x to 0.92x

Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.

Revenue spread

126 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: $303
Top tenth: $14,011

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

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 104
Prior 12 months: 83

Change: +25%

Parent tags

2.5DNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
2D PlatformerGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The biggest indie games in this pair 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.

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Every pair with 2.5D

More with 2D Platformer

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Sci-fi + 2D Platformer$84935 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
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Every pair with 2D Platformer

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