Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Precision Platformer / Funny
Precision Platformer + Funny: a typical launch earns $505 in its first year
That is the median of 53 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 1 of 109 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 2.9 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 34% on the year before: 75 against 56.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- $505 median of 53 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- −30.6% four quarters on the four before
- Releases, 12 months
- 75 56 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 126 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 405 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.
| 0.06%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.11% | 6 ranked of 126 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,145 of 7,193pairs on this board |
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 0.68xhits against expected | 0.55x to 1.26x | 109 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,836 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
- 109
- Hit rate
- 0.9%0.0% to 4.3%
- Expected rate
- 2.6%
- Against expected
- 0.68x0.55x to 1.26x
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
109 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
- $20
- Median
- $404
- Top tenth
- $6,468
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
- +34%
Parent tags
- Precision PlatformerGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- FunnyNot 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.
- A Difficult Game About Climbing (opens the Steam store)2024 · 5,411 reviews, 87% positiveest. $1.1M
- Get To Work (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3,476 reviews, 88% positiveest. $883k
- BZZZT (opens the Steam store)2023 · 952 reviews, 93% positiveest. $231k
- Hans (opens the Steam store)2023 · 739 reviews, 85% positiveest. $75k
- Moventure (opens the Steam store)2026 · 242 reviews, 67% positiveest. $60k
- You are Peter Shorts (opens the Steam store)2024 · 194 reviews, 90% positiveest. $59k
- Splodey (opens the Steam store)2024 · 223 reviews, 91% positiveest. $59k
- Genopanic (opens the Steam store)2024 · 271 reviews, 73% positiveest. $49k
More with Precision Platformer
pairs with Precision Platformer- Precision Platformer + Difficult$728137 launches priced, 162 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Precision Platformer$71562 launches priced, 77 releases in 12 months
- First-Person + Precision Platformer$62630 launches priced, 33 releases in 12 months
- Side Scroller + Precision Platformer$54576 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
- Precision Platformer + Retro$50545 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
- Precision Platformer + Puzzle Platformer$495106 launches priced, 127 releases in 12 months
More with Funny
pairs with Funny- Co-op + Funny$5,64452 launches priced, 130 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + Funny$5,38258 launches priced, 166 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Romance$4,86732 launches priced, 30 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Life Sim$2,42933 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Funny$2,42495 launches priced, 113 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Funny$2,386110 launches priced, 181 releases in 12 months
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