Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Resource Management / Nature
Resource Management + Nature: 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. 4 of 24 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 36% on the year before: 15 against 11.
- Small sample
- 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
- 67 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 122 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. | 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
- 24
- Hit rate
- 16.7%4.7% to 26.5%
- Expected rate
- 8.2%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
24 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
- $117
- Median
- $1,123
- Top tenth
- $324,516
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
- Resource ManagementNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- NatureNot 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.
- Reus 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,153 reviews, 94% positiveest. $1M
- Grimshire (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,269 reviews, 97% positiveest. $992k
- Synergy (opens the Steam store)2024 · 699 reviews, 79% positiveest. $354k
- Tribe: Primitive Builder (opens the Steam store)2023 · 671 reviews, 79% positiveest. $272k
- Click Mage (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,537 reviews, 91% positiveest. $256k
- Sludgineers (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,742 reviews, 87% positiveest. $247k
- Life Below (opens the Steam store)2026 · 153 reviews, 81% positiveest. $93k
- Global Farmer (opens the Steam store)2024 · 133 reviews, 45% positiveest. $54k
More with Resource Management
pairs with Resource Management- Sandbox + Resource Management$18,39749 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
- Resource Management + Automation$12,44539 launches priced, 152 releases in 12 months
- Crafting + Resource Management$9,79344 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
- City Builder + Resource Management$8,36456 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Resource Management$8,05030 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
- Building + Resource Management$6,54574 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
More with Nature
pairs with Nature- Nature + Cozy$4,65132 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
- Nature + Idler$1,66633 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Nature$1,61878 launches priced, 129 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Nature$1,13283 launches priced, 159 releases in 12 months
- Cute + Nature$99986 launches priced, 120 releases in 12 months
- Nature + Incremental$99930 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
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