Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Sokoban + Logic: a typical launch earns $505 in its first year
That is the median of 61 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 1 of 101 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 3.0 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases fell 3% on the year before: 62 against 64.
- Price
- $505 median of 61 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- −5.7% four quarters on the four before
- Releases, 12 months
- 62 64 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 111 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 432 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. | 0.67xhits against expected | 0.54x to 1.23x | 101 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,896 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
- 101
- Hit rate
- 1.0%0.0% to 3.2%
- Expected rate
- 2.9%
- Against expected
- 0.67x0.54x to 1.23x
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
101 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
- $5,262
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
- −3%
Parent tags
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.
- Maxwell's puzzling demon (opens the Steam store)2024 · 416 reviews, 98% positiveest. $126k
- Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines (opens the Steam store)2026 · 278 reviews, 97% positiveest. $56k
- He Who Watches (opens the Steam store)2026 · 130 reviews, 96% positiveest. $53k
- Loophole (opens the Steam store)2025 · 157 reviews, 99% positiveest. $32k
- HAMSTERMIND (opens the Steam store)2026 · 73 reviews, 97% positiveest. $19k
- Ligo (opens the Steam store)2025 · 54 reviews, 100% positiveest. $16k
- Sokogram (opens the Steam store)2026 · 77 reviews, 94% positiveest. $16k
- Glowkeeper (opens the Steam store)2025 · 42 reviews, 97% positiveest. $10k to $100k
More with Sokoban
pairs with Sokoban- Sokoban + Cute$72253 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
- Sokoban + Grid-Based Movement$70730 launches priced, 34 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Sokoban$40541 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
- Sokoban + 2D$40274 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
- Sokoban + Pixel Graphics$32245 launches priced, 32 releases in 12 months
- Sokoban + Top-Down$27334 launches priced, 41 releases in 12 months
More with Logic
pairs with Logic- Difficult + Logic$1,87747 launches priced, 36 releases in 12 months
- Cute + Logic$1,13385 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
- Mystery + Logic$72833 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Logic$71766 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Logic$60752 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Logic$60681 launches priced, 116 releases in 12 months
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