Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Adventure / Outbreak Sim
Adventure + Outbreak Sim: 6 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. 1 of 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases held level on the year before: 6 against 6.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 6 6 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 35 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 73 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
| Board | Value | Interval | Sample | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.
| 0.01%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.01% to 0.03% | 5 ranked of 35 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #7,148 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| 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
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.
- Launches
- 17
- Hit rate
- 5.9%0.0% to 12.7%
- Expected rate
- 4.9%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
17 launchesEstimated 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
- $142
- Top tenth
- $4,926
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- 0%
Parent tags
- AdventureNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Outbreak SimGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe 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.
- EVOTINCTION (opens the Steam store)2024 · 173 reviews, 86% positiveest. $105k
- Embers of the Night (opens the Steam store)2026 · 91 reviews, 73% positiveest. $9.1k
- FLESHBREAK (opens the Steam store)2026 · 85 reviews, 37% positiveest. $8.6k
- MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN (opens the Steam store)2024 · 53 reviews, 64% positiveest. $2.1k
- Toxic place (opens the Steam store)2024 · 7 reviews, 42% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- 3番線 | Sanbansen (opens the Steam store)2024 · 24 reviews, 87% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- 2 Hours Later (opens the Steam store)2026 · 6 reviews, 16% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- The spring (opens the Steam store)2025 · 8 reviews, 75% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
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