Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Walking Simulator / Dark Comedy
Walking Simulator + Dark Comedy: 13 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 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 18% on the year before: 13 against 11.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 13 11 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 15 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 56 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
- 17
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 2.2%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
17 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
- $349
- Median
- $3,959
- Top tenth
- $18,490
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
- +18%
Parent tags
- Walking SimulatorGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Dark ComedyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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 Skin Stapler (opens the Steam store)2026 · 494 reviews, 90% positiveest. $150k
- Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,259 reviews, 90% positiveest. $51k
- Make Good Choices (opens the Steam store)2025 · 558 reviews, 88% positiveest. $34k
- Future? No Thanks! (opens the Steam store)2026 · 58 reviews, 100% positiveest. $23k
- YetiParty (opens the Steam store)2025 · 190 reviews, 86% positiveest. $19k
- Score the Fear (opens the Steam store)2025 · 223 reviews, 97% positiveest. $18k
- A Night Duty (opens the Steam store)2024 · 102 reviews, 90% positiveest. $14k
- The Little Tomb: The Maholova Club and the Search for a Dead Body (opens the Steam store)2025 · 51 reviews, 96% positiveest. $12k
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More with Dark Comedy
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- Funny + Dark Comedyno price39 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Dark Comedyno price37 releases in 12 months
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