Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

FMV: 112 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. 38 of 162 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 14% on the year before: 112 against 98.

China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 112
Upcoming games: 175
Games on the store: 668

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: 38

Launches: 162
Hit rate: 23.5%12.0% to 33.6%
Expected rate: 9.2%

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

Revenue spread

162 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: $202
Median: $15,151
Top tenth: $229,148

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: 112
Prior 12 months: 98

Change: +14%

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 FMV

pairs with FMV

Visual Novel + FMV$65,06531 launches priced, 48 releases in 12 months
Dating Sim + FMV$40,45030 launches priced, 28 releases in 12 months
Interactive Fiction + FMV$39,86745 launches priced, 64 releases in 12 months
RPG + FMV$25,57938 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
Casual + FMVno price47 releases in 12 months
Simulation + FMVno price44 releases in 12 months
Adventure + FMVno price40 releases in 12 months
Immersive Sim + FMVno price39 releases in 12 months
Cinematic + FMVno price27 releases in 12 months
First-Person + FMVno price26 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + FMVno price25 releases in 12 months
Choose Your Own Adventure + FMVno price21 releases in 12 months

Every pair with FMV

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