Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Point & Click / Comic Book
Point & Click + Comic Book: 18 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 39 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.4 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases fell 25% on the year before: 18 against 24.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 18 24 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 52 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 184 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | 1.13xhits against expected | 0.83x to 1.94x | 39 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #2,070 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| 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
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured 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
- 39
- Hit rate
- 5.1%0.0% to 14.7%
- Expected rate
- 3.7%
- Against expected
- 1.13x0.83x to 1.94x
Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.
Revenue spread
39 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
- $81
- Median
- $425
- Top tenth
- $6,532
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
- −25%
Parent tags
- Point & ClickGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Comic BookNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.
- DAEMON MASQUERADE (opens the Steam store)2024 · 516 reviews, 95% positiveest. $157k
- Parallel Experiment (opens the Steam store)2025 · 715 reviews, 84% positiveest. $145k
- Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game (opens the Steam store)2025 · 455 reviews, 90% positiveest. $92k
- Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness (opens the Steam store)2023 · 148 reviews, 97% positiveest. $45k
- Universe For Sale (opens the Steam store)2023 · 108 reviews, 91% positiveest. $33k
- Time Guard - The Red Menace (opens the Steam store)2025 · 40 reviews, 97% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Polda (opens the Steam store)2024 · 119 reviews, 94% positiveest. $9.6k
- tiny Cats (opens the Steam store)2024 · 71 reviews, 94% positiveest. $5.7k
Related niches
pairs with Point & Click- Point & Click + Investigation$4,85753 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
- Point & Click + Female Protagonist$3,03141 launches priced, 68 releases in 12 months
- Point & Click + Story Rich$2,569170 launches priced, 208 releases in 12 months
- Point & Click + Mystery$2,426120 launches priced, 145 releases in 12 months
- Point & Click + Psychological Horror$2,30264 launches priced, 114 releases in 12 months
- Point & Click + Detective$2,10470 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months
More with Comic Book
pairs with Comic Book- Comic Book + Visual Novel$2,26235 launches priced, 57 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Comic Book$72841 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Comic Book$40533 launches priced, 41 releases in 12 months
- Comic Book + 2D$40478 launches priced, 91 releases in 12 months
- Comic Book + Cute$38446 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Comic Book$34173 launches priced, 77 releases in 12 months
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