Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Story Rich + Logic: 35 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. 2 of 35 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 2.8 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 119% on the year before: 35 against 16.

China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese
One game dominates the figure

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 35
Upcoming games: 112
Games on the store: 237

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.

Story Rich + Logic 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.	0.12%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.05% to 0.19%	11 ranked of 112 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#1,532 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese One game dominates the figure Listed after unflagged rows on this board	0.87xhits against expected	0.64x to 1.48x	35 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#6,169 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 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: 2
Expected: 2.8

Launches: 35
Hit rate: 5.7%2.4% to 14.3%
Expected rate: 7.9%
Against expected: 0.87x0.64x to 1.48x

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

35 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: $44
Median: $971
Top tenth: $30,437

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: 35
Prior 12 months: 16

Change: +119%

Parent tags

Story RichNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
LogicGenre 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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