Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Dogs + Cats: 14 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 21 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 13% on the year before: 14 against 16.

Small sample
One game dominates the figure

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 14
Upcoming games: 29
Games on the store: 108

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.

Dogs + Cats 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.	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.	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.

Hits: 1

Launches: 21
Hit rate: 4.8%0.0% to 18.2%
Expected rate: 6.9%

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

Revenue spread

21 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: $909
Top tenth: $8,803

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: 14
Prior 12 months: 16

Change: −13%

Parent tags

DogsNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
CatsNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.

More with Dogs

pairs with Dogs

Dogs + Cute$48530 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
Casual + Dogs$22137 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
Dogs + Relaxingno price48 releases in 12 months
Dogs + Puzzleno price45 releases in 12 months
Dogs + Cartoonyno price34 releases in 12 months
Dogs + Cozyno price34 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Dogs

More with Cats

pairs with Cats

Adventure + Cats$1,84443 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
Family Friendly + Cats$1,33045 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
Point & Click + Cats$1,12857 launches priced, 110 releases in 12 months
Cats + Cozy$1,10583 launches priced, 142 releases in 12 months
Relaxing + Cats$887143 launches priced, 201 releases in 12 months
Cats + Wholesome$88478 launches priced, 95 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Cats

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