Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Visual Novel / Logic
Visual Novel + Logic: 24 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. 0 of 22 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 118% on the year before: 24 against 11.
- Small sample
- China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 24 11 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 32 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 92 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. | 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
- 22
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 7.6%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
22 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
- $101
- Median
- $506
- Top tenth
- $36,682
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
- +118%
Parent tags
- Visual NovelGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- LogicGenre 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.
- The Incident at Galley House (opens the Steam store)2026 · 4,234 reviews, 94% positiveest. $1.5M
- Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest (opens the Steam store)2026 · 968 reviews, 89% positiveest. $490k
- Demons' Timeline (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,114 reviews, 97% positiveest. $248k
- Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn (opens the Steam store)2026 · 250 reviews, 92% positiveest. $42k
- The Simen Rumors (opens the Steam store)2026 · 433 reviews, 78% positiveest. $39k
- Puzzle Spy International (opens the Steam store)2026 · 150 reviews, 92% positiveest. $38k
- The Murder Hotel (opens the Steam store)2025 · 62 reviews, 91% positiveest. $25k
- Trick × Trick (opens the Steam store)2026 · 64 reviews, 79% positiveest. $17k
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More with Logic
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- 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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