Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Thriller: 388 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. 28 of 584 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 15% on the year before: 388 against 338.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 388
Upcoming games: 851
Games on the store: 2,242

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where 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.

Hits: 28

Launches: 584
Hit rate: 4.8%2.6% to 8.4%
Expected rate: 3.9%

Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

584 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: $81
Median: $1,293
Top tenth: $31,259

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 388
Prior 12 months: 338

Change: +15%

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Thriller

pairs with Thriller

Thriller + Supernatural$5,86733 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
Thriller + Walking Simulator$4,18364 launches priced, 94 releases in 12 months
Thriller + Realistic$3,21454 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
Story Rich + Thriller$2,90675 launches priced, 97 releases in 12 months
Psychological Horror + Thriller$2,003167 launches priced, 223 releases in 12 months
Thriller + Mystery$1,820107 launches priced, 122 releases in 12 months
Thriller + Multiple Endings$1,82033 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
Horror + Thriller$1,695225 launches priced, 262 releases in 12 months
Thriller + Dark$1,69579 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
Visual Novel + Thriller$1,69332 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
First-Person + Thriller$1,454125 launches priced, 171 releases in 12 months
Simulation + Thriller$1,39242 launches priced, 68 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Thriller

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