Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Realistic + Walking Simulator: a typical launch earns $2,122 in its first year

That is the median of 146 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 8 of 329 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 7.5 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 8% on the year before: 187 against 173.

Price: $2,122
Price vs a year earlier: +14.2%
Releases, 12 months: 187
Upcoming games: 262
Games on the store: 875

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Realistic + Walking Simulator on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.	0.07%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.04% to 0.11%	17 ranked of 262 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#2,180 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	1.05xhits against expected	0.72x to 1.62x	329 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#2,513 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.	+21%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	0% to +47%	53 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#726 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.	−5%review growth against same-age games	−11% to +4%	53 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#1,014 of 2,461pairs on this board

Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.

Launch success

launches 6 to 30 months old

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: 8
Expected: 7.5

Launches: 329
Hit rate: 2.4%0.3% to 4.9%
Expected rate: 2.3%
Against expected: 1.05x0.72x to 1.62x

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

329 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: $101
Median: $1,454
Top tenth: $19,645

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 187
Prior 12 months: 173

Change: +8%
Against Steam: −21%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

RealisticNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Walking SimulatorGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

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