Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Open World / Flight
Open World + Flight: 15 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. 2 of 20 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 36% on the year before: 15 against 11.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 15 11 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 53 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 166 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. | 0.19%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.10% to 0.31% | 10 ranked of 53 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #1,080 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
- 20
- Hit rate
- 10.0%0.0% to 34.6%
- Expected rate
- 8.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
20 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
- $238
- Median
- $3,568
- Top tenth
- $99,170
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
- +36%
Parent tags
- Open WorldNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- FlightGenre 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.
- Aviassembly (opens the Steam store)2025 · 9,383 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1.9M
- The Brew Barons (opens the Steam store)2024 · 829 reviews, 75% positiveest. $369k
- G-Rebels (opens the Steam store)2026 · 267 reviews, 79% positiveest. $162k
- Time Flies (opens the Steam store)2025 · 376 reviews, 96% positiveest. $114k
- Lakehopper (opens the Steam store)2026 · 482 reviews, 87% positiveest. $98k
- Lou's Lagoon (opens the Steam store)2026 · 131 reviews, 75% positiveest. $66k
- Night Stones (opens the Steam store)2024 · 263 reviews, 92% positiveest. $53k
- FPV Labs - Drone Simulator (opens the Steam store)2026 · 104 reviews, 67% positiveest. $42k
More with Open World
pairs with Open World- Open World + Multiplayer$15,60236 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
- Open World + Open World Survival Craft$14,79431 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- Open World + Life Sim$13,38736 launches priced, 39 releases in 12 months
- Open World + Crafting$7,48760 launches priced, 105 releases in 12 months
- Driving + Open World$6,51131 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
- Building + Open World$5,98741 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
More with Flight
pairs with Flight- Simulation + Flight$30461 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
- Action + Flight$24265 launches priced, 127 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Flight$20268 launches priced, 105 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Flight$16260 launches priced, 97 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Flight$12153 launches priced, 64 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Flight$12131 launches priced, 33 releases in 12 months
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