Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

VR: 307 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. 35 of 525 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 6% on the year before: 307 against 328.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 307
Upcoming games: 970
Games on the store: 6,729

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: 35

Launches: 525
Hit rate: 6.7%4.9% to 9.0%
Expected rate: 12.8%

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

Revenue spread

525 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: $0
Median: $848
Top tenth: $44,996

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: 307
Prior 12 months: 328

Change: −6%

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 VR

pairs with VR

Action-Adventure + VR$6,75746 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
Realistic + VR$1,82133 launches priced, 37 releases in 12 months
Exploration + VR$1,51851 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
FPS + VR$1,27432 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
Simulation + VR$1,21481 launches priced, 93 releases in 12 months
Immersive Sim + VR$1,21455 launches priced, 41 releases in 12 months
Horror + VR$1,21333 launches priced, 29 releases in 12 months
Physics + VR$99134 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
Adventure + VR$86072 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
Action + VR$809114 launches priced, 126 releases in 12 months
First-Person + VR$70880 launches priced, 76 releases in 12 months
Shooter + VR$60757 launches priced, 57 releases in 12 months

Every pair with VR

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