Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Grid-Based Movement: 181 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. 8 of 253 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 26% on the year before: 181 against 144.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 181
Upcoming games: 428
Games on the store: 1,285

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: 8

Launches: 253
Hit rate: 3.2%1.2% to 6.8%
Expected rate: 4.9%

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

Revenue spread

253 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: $404
Top tenth: $24,612

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: 181
Prior 12 months: 144

Change: +26%

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 Grid-Based Movement

pairs with Grid-Based Movement

Strategy + Grid-Based Movement$70747 launches priced, 63 releases in 12 months
Sokoban + Grid-Based Movement$70730 launches priced, 34 releases in 12 months
Logic + Grid-Based Movement$51644 launches priced, 63 releases in 12 months
Puzzle + Grid-Based Movement$48574 launches priced, 103 releases in 12 months
2D + Grid-Based Movement$32243 launches priced, 65 releases in 12 months
Casual + Grid-Based Movement$30359 launches priced, 81 releases in 12 months
Pixel Graphics + Grid-Based Movementno price34 releases in 12 months
Top-Down + Grid-Based Movementno price33 releases in 12 months
Grid-Based Movement + Turn-Based Tacticsno price31 releases in 12 months
Minimalist + Grid-Based Movementno price30 releases in 12 months
Relaxing + Grid-Based Movementno price27 releases in 12 months
3D + Grid-Based Movementno price27 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Grid-Based Movement

Verdicts

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