Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Card Game / Family Friendly
Card Game + Family Friendly: 25 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 35 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.9 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 39% on the year before: 25 against 18.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 25 18 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 48 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 217 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 0.81xhits against expected | 0.66x to 1.45x | 35 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,004 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 oldMatured 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
- 35
- Hit rate
- 2.9%0.0% to 8.9%
- Expected rate
- 5.5%
- Against expected
- 0.81x0.66x to 1.45x
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
35 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
- $242
- Top tenth
- $4,979
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
- +39%
Parent tags
- Card GameGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Family FriendlyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.
- Exploding Kittens® 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 452 reviews, 75% positiveest. $114k
- Pic-Me! (opens the Steam store)2024 · 359 reviews, 83% positiveest. $51k
- Heads Up! Phones Down Edition (opens the Steam store)2023 · 25 reviews, 64% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Truco Argentino (opens the Steam store)2025 · 46 reviews, 95% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Nif Nif (opens the Steam store)2025 · 13 reviews, 92% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Yatzi 2 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 15 reviews, 80% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Jewel Match Solitaire Seasons - Collector's Edition (opens the Steam store)2024 · 15 reviews, 86% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Seven Seas Jewels 2 Collector's Edition (opens the Steam store)2026 · 6 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
More with Card Game
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- Card Game + Auto Battler$2,67141 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Roguelite$2,214162 launches priced, 351 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Dungeon Crawler$1,96232 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Roguelike$1,821201 launches priced, 431 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Turn-Based$1,61733 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
More with Family Friendly
pairs with Family Friendly- Family Friendly + Life Sim$8,09933 launches priced, 37 releases in 12 months
- Building + Family Friendly$4,77630 launches priced, 27 releases in 12 months
- Family Friendly + Immersive Sim$1,80036 launches priced, 22 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Family Friendly$1,53183 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
- Family Friendly + Cozy$1,39544 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Family Friendly + Cats$1,33045 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
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