Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Strategy / Job Simulator
Strategy + Job Simulator: 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 16 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 67% on the year before: 15 against 9.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 15 9 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 50 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 80 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. | 0.05%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.04% to 0.06% | 9 ranked of 50 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,642 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| 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
- 16
- Hit rate
- 25.0%8.3% to 50.0%
- Expected rate
- 5.9%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
16 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
- $828
- Median
- $15,025
- Top tenth
- $319,366
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
- +67%
Parent tags
- StrategyGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Job SimulatorGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best 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.
- Ship, Inc. (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,185 reviews, 83% positiveest. $417k
- Coffee Caravan (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,401 reviews, 92% positiveest. $340k
- Lost But Found (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,324 reviews, 71% positiveest. $299k
- Cats & Cups (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,058 reviews, 89% positiveest. $214k
- Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron (opens the Steam store)2026 · 580 reviews, 85% positiveest. $153k
- Ugoku Sushi Bar (opens the Steam store)2026 · 328 reviews, 89% positiveest. $86k
- Piñata Go Boom (opens the Steam store)2025 · 654 reviews, 91% positiveest. $53k
- Business Simulator 2026 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 179 reviews, 73% positiveest. $43k
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More with Job Simulator
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- Casual + Job Simulator$8,44230 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Job Simulator$5,46453 launches priced, 106 releases in 12 months
- Job Simulator + Shop Keeperno price41 releases in 12 months
- Job Simulator + Cozyno price37 releases in 12 months
- Relaxing + Job Simulatorno price37 releases in 12 months
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