Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Science: 119 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. 10 of 126 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 70% on the year before: 119 against 70.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 119 70 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 265 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 827 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
- 126
- Hit rate
- 7.9%4.1% to 16.5%
- Expected rate
- 8.3%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
126 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
- $0
- Median
- $505
- Top tenth
- $59,524
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
- +70%
Tag
- ScienceNot 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.
OUTBRK (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3,235 reviews, 82% positiveest. $2.3M
Aviassembly (opens the Steam store)2025 · 9,383 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1.9M
Little Rocket Lab (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,290 reviews, 90% positiveest. $522k
Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,285 reviews, 87% positiveest. $468k
The Message from Deep Space (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,590 reviews, 96% positiveest. $322k
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar (opens the Steam store)2026 · 622 reviews, 97% positiveest. $252k
Planetary Life (opens the Steam store)2025 · 922 reviews, 94% positiveest. $224k
Genome Guardian (opens the Steam store)2024 · 711 reviews, 92% positiveest. $173k
More with Science
pairs with Science- Simulation + Scienceno price49 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Scienceno price49 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Scienceno price42 releases in 12 months
- Physics + Scienceno price33 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Scienceno price31 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Scienceno price26 releases in 12 months
- Sandbox + Scienceno price24 releases in 12 months
- Space + Scienceno price23 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Scienceno price22 releases in 12 months
- Sci-fi + Scienceno price21 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Scienceno price20 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Scienceno price18 releases in 12 months
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