Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Casual / Agriculture
Casual + Agriculture: a typical launch earns $707 in its first year
That is the median of 37 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 3 of 77 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 3.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 60% on the year before: 64 against 40.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- $707 median of 37 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- +159.7% four quarters on the four before
- Releases, 12 months
- 64 40 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 113 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 357 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.
| 0.08%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.03% to 0.16% | 10 ranked of 113 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,820 of 7,193pairs on this board |
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 0.91xhits against expected | 0.64x to 1.55x | 77 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #3,361 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
- 77
- Hit rate
- 3.9%1.3% to 9.9%
- Expected rate
- 4.7%
- Against expected
- 0.91x0.64x to 1.55x
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
77 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
- $12
- Median
- $505
- Top tenth
- $23,215
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
- +60%
Parent tags
- CasualNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- AgricultureNot 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.
- Graveyard Keeper 2 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 5,767 reviews, 77% positiveest. $2.7M
- Farm Together 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 4,484 reviews, 93% positiveest. $2.2M
- Farmer's Dynasty 2 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,233 reviews, 72% positiveest. $624k
- Rana Card (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,183 reviews, 89% positiveest. $311k
- Your Big, Cute Monster Farm (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,123 reviews, 78% positiveest. $182k
- Rancher: A new life (opens the Steam store)2026 · 286 reviews, 63% positiveest. $116k
- Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge (opens the Steam store)2024 · 230 reviews, 86% positiveest. $93k
- 欺神弄鬼 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 808 reviews, 91% positiveest. $90k
More with Casual
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- Casual + Romance$2,61486 launches priced, 137 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Economy$2,204112 launches priced, 302 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Online Co-Op$1,970104 launches priced, 272 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Capitalism$1,92351 launches priced, 130 releases in 12 months
More with Agriculture
pairs with Agriculture- Agriculture + Farming Sim$1,00640 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Agricultureno price71 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Agricultureno price33 releases in 12 months
- Agriculture + Idlerno price30 releases in 12 months
- Relaxing + Agricultureno price29 releases in 12 months
- Pixel Graphics + Agricultureno price28 releases in 12 months
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