Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Dark Humor: 346 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. 42 of 426 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 38% on the year before: 346 against 250.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 346
Upcoming games: 878
Games on the store: 2,259

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: 42

Launches: 426
Hit rate: 9.9%7.1% to 12.7%
Expected rate: 5.7%

Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

426 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: $1,090
Top tenth: $75,185

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: 346
Prior 12 months: 250

Change: +38%

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 Dark Humor

pairs with Dark Humor

First-Person + Dark Humor$4,27530 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + Dark Humor$3,93550 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
3D + Dark Humor$3,90132 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
Psychological Horror + Dark Humor$2,36533 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months
Horror + Dark Humor$2,02142 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
Puzzle + Dark Humor$1,87830 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
Funny + Dark Humor$1,72662 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
Visual Novel + Dark Humor$1,21236 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months
Cute + Dark Humor$1,06034 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
Adventure + Dark Humor$82858 launches priced, 93 releases in 12 months
Comedy + Dark Humor$64339 launches priced, 60 releases in 12 months
Casual + Dark Humor$64345 launches priced, 93 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Dark Humor

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