Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Fast-Paced / 3D Platformer
Fast-Paced + 3D Platformer: 33 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. 5 of 25 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 175% on the year before: 33 against 12.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 33 12 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 64 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 170 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. | 0.04%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.03% to 0.05% | 12 ranked of 64 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,931 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
- 25
- Hit rate
- 20.0%8.2% to 36.4%
- Expected rate
- 9.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
25 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
- $178
- Median
- $2,732
- Top tenth
- $395,001
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
- +175%
Parent tags
- Fast-PacedNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- 3D PlatformerGenre 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.
- Haste (opens the Steam store)2025 · 12,741 reviews, 92% positiveest. $5M
- Denshattack! (opens the Steam store)2026 · 2,977 reviews, 98% positiveest. $1.2M
- Super Meat Boy 3D (opens the Steam store)2026 · 832 reviews, 87% positiveest. $421k
- Bloodthief (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,027 reviews, 95% positiveest. $416k
- Shady Knight (opens the Steam store)2024 · 899 reviews, 93% positiveest. $364k
- CICADAMATA" (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,516 reviews, 97% positiveest. $307k
- Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off (opens the Steam store)2025 · 517 reviews, 88% positiveest. $209k
- Fading Echo (opens the Steam store)2026 · 95 reviews, 92% positiveest. $38k
More with Fast-Paced
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- Fast-Paced + Difficult$1,41537 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
- Fast-Paced + Arcade$38436 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Fast-Paced + Shooterno price44 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Fast-Pacedno price41 releases in 12 months
- Platformer + Fast-Pacedno price38 releases in 12 months
More with 3D Platformer
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- Character Customization + 3D Platformer$99138 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- 3D Platformer + Female Protagonist$83138 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
- Funny + 3D Platformer$80879 launches priced, 111 releases in 12 months
- Horror + 3D Platformer$80867 launches priced, 86 releases in 12 months
- Difficult + 3D Platformer$72955 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
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