Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Romance: 362 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. 44 of 504 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 22% on the year before: 362 against 296.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 362 296 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 867 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 2,674 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where 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.
- Launches
- 504
- Hit rate
- 8.7%6.8% to 14.8%
- Expected rate
- 12.0%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
504 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
- $161
- Median
- $3,123
- Top tenth
- $72,107
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +22%
Tag
- RomanceNot 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 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.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut (opens the Steam store)2023 · 32,257 reviews, 96% positiveest. $11M
Fields of Mistria (opens the Steam store)2024 · 32,483 reviews, 96% positiveest. $9.1M
Until Then (opens the Steam store)2024 · 15,814 reviews, 96% positiveest. $6.2M
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (opens the Steam store)2025 · 5,898 reviews, 86% positiveest. $4.7M
Caribbean Legend (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,883 reviews, 74% positiveest. $2.3M
I Wani Hug that Gator! (opens the Steam store)2024 · 5,180 reviews, 98% positiveest. $1.6M
Moonlight Peaks (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,823 reviews, 88% positiveest. $1.3M
HENPRI (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,952 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1.2M
More with Romance
pairs with Romance- Romance + LGBTQ+$5,45434 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- Cute + Romance$5,22277 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Anime + Romance$4,97896 launches priced, 120 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Romance$4,86732 launches priced, 30 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Romance$4,31378 launches priced, 112 releases in 12 months
- Romance + Dating Sim$3,94697 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Romance$3,84049 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Romance$3,64336 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Romance + Otome$3,64138 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Romance$3,63997 launches priced, 130 releases in 12 months
- Visual Novel + Romance$3,639179 launches priced, 277 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Romance$3,28176 launches priced, 110 releases in 12 months
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