Genres

Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.

Shop Keeper $31,612 +274.8%//Open World Survival Craft $18,181 -31.0%//Bullet Heaven $11,937 +96.5%//Trains $9,708 +107.8%//Roguelike Deckbuilder $8,094 -16.4%//Job Simulator $7,730 -38.7%//Trading $5,462 -39.2%//Otome $4,854 +6.6%//Management $3,518 -43.9%//Dating Sim $3,130 -42.1%//Metroidvania $2,901 -22.4%//Building $2,790 +3.0%//Fighting $2,528 -10.7%//Programming $2,331 +92.0%//Colony Sim $2,327 -73.6%//City Builder $2,225 -8.6%//Grand Strategy $2,203 -27.4%//Sailing $2,122 -19.3%//Automation $2,022 -60.0%//Deckbuilding $1,821 -61.3%//Visual Novel $1,820 -6.2%//Life Sim $1,736 -48.9%//Sandbox $1,617 -45.9%//4X $1,537 -63.8%//Investigation $1,518 -3.6%//JRPG $1,518 +88.6%//Farming Sim $1,514 -43.0%//Immersive Sim $1,415 -24.3%//Escape Room $1,393 +9.3%//Psychological Horror $1,370 -15.3%//Cooking $1,335 -11.9%//Party Game $1,242 -4.8%//Survival $1,214 0.0%//Roguelite $1,213 -24.9%//Auto Battler $1,213 -29.4%//Creature Collector $1,213 +66.8%//Souls-like $1,154 +14.1%//Party-Based RPG $1,132 -49.1%//Roguelike $1,132 -11.9%//Fishing $1,132 -58.1%//

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GMDGame Market DataBuild what sells

Live games: 191,514; on 30 Sep 2026

Niches

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Loot

A theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: GMD never ranks it as a market on its own, only inside pairs. Its pairs with 30+ launches are listed below.

What is known

Indie paid launches: 2856 to 30 months old
Earned $100k+: 14 in 10014.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $1,820median launch

Pairs with Loot

Loot + RPG112 launches, 17.0 in 100 hit
Casual + Loot89 launches, 9.0 in 100 hit
Action + Loot76 launches, 17.1 in 100 hit
Adventure + Loot72 launches, 12.5 in 100 hit
2D + Loot66 launches, 6.1 in 100 hit
Loot + Roguelite59 launches, 16.9 in 100 hit
Loot + Roguelike58 launches, 15.5 in 100 hit
Action RPG + Loot55 launches, 20.0 in 100 hit
Loot + Strategy54 launches, 16.7 in 100 hit
Idler + Loot51 launches, 21.6 in 100 hit
Fantasy + Loot48 launches, 12.5 in 100 hit
Loot + Pixel Graphics47 launches, 19.1 in 100 hit
Action Roguelike + Loot47 launches, 19.1 in 100 hit
Hack and Slash + Loot45 launches, 24.4 in 100 hit
Exploration + Loot45 launches, 20.0 in 100 hit
3D + Loot41 launches, 9.8 in 100 hit
Dungeon Crawler + Loot41 launches, 26.8 in 100 hit

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Releases

Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.

#6 Phantom Blade Zero Oct 28, 2026 110k followers//#18 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Dec 3, 2026 91k followers//#36 AION 2 Oct 5, 2026 103k followers//#21 over the hill Oct 14, 2026 56k followers//#43 Beautiful Light December 2026 71k followers//#33 ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE Oct 1, 2026 58k followers//#40 Gears of War: E-Day Oct 6, 2026 48k followers//#41 Valor Mortis Oct 13, 2026 38k followers//#58 Emberville Oct 27, 2026 41k followers//#55 Hela: of Mice & Magic Dec 1, 2026 37k followers//#45 Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Oct 14, 2026 32k followers//#56 STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Oct 6, 2026 33k followers//#72 Permafrost Oct 9, 2026 38k followers//#71 FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE Oct 22, 2026 28k followers//#114 Planet Zoo 2 Oct 13, 2026 29k followers//#100 Deep Dish Dungeon Oct 13, 2026 22k followers//#168 Shadow of the Road Nov 12, 2026 25k followers//#187 Loftia Nov 3, 2026 22k followers//#224 Beyond These Stars Oct 16, 2026 20k followers//#146 We Were Here Tomorrow Oct 20, 2026 12k followers//#163 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Oct 14, 2026 13k followers//#183 Silver Pines Oct 8, 2026 14k followers//#148 Cozy Game Restoration Nov 4, 2026 9,510 followers//#242 Nomad Drive Oct 20, 2026 14k followers//#218 Order of the Sinking Star Oct 8, 2026 12k followers//#244 THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival Oct 22, 2026 13k followers//#226 Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Oct 28, 2026 12k followers//#255 Tenebris Somnia Oct 16, 2026 14k followers//#223 Online: 404 Oct 16, 2026 12k followers//#309 County of Fortune Nov 5, 2026 15k followers//