Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Perma Death: 299 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. 14 of 453 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 19% on the year before: 299 against 252.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 299
Upcoming games: 874
Games on the store: 2,295

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: 14

Launches: 453
Hit rate: 3.1%2.0% to 7.3%
Expected rate: 4.4%

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

Revenue spread

453 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: $606
Top tenth: $18,100

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: 299
Prior 12 months: 252

Change: +19%

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 Perma Death

pairs with Perma Death

Roguelike + Perma Death$1,97186 launches priced, 115 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Difficult$1,86936 launches priced, 33 releases in 12 months
Strategy + Perma Death$1,81943 launches priced, 69 releases in 12 months
RPG + Perma Death$1,51837 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Procedural Generation$1,51843 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Bullet Hell$70741 launches priced, 36 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Action Roguelike$70767 launches priced, 102 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Roguelite$70767 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Shooter$48431 launches priced, 37 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + Arcade$40545 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
Perma Death + PvE$30333 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
Action + Perma Death$20258 launches priced, 104 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Perma Death

Verdicts

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