Niches

Every tag pair (two tags on the same game), screened by how often its indie launches earned $100k or more in their first year. Pick your price first: price moves the odds more than the tags do.

Indie paid Steam launches 6 to 30 months old, data 1 Oct 2026. A hit is an estimated first year of $100k+. The revenue estimate is soft: about 5 to 8 in 100 launches overall.

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$10 to $20

Pairs that hit $100k+ beyond the oddsFree until launch

Building + Sandboxabout 2.0 times the 19 in 100 base rate38 in 100

1Building + Sandbox38 in 100100 launches 2Multiplayer + Online Co-Op37 in 100102 launches 3First-Person + Immersive Sim34 in 100122 launches 4Immersive Sim + Life Sim34 in 100100 launches 5Co-op + Multiplayer34 in 100104 launches

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Price $10 to $20

All prices1 in 16 hit $100k+Under $51 in 200 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 26 hit $100k+$10 to $2019 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4042 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 6 to 30 months old, 29,637 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 6 to 30 months old. Lenses are computed across all prices only so far, so a lens reads All prices.

Sample 100+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

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$10 to $20 100+ launches Reset

Best odds at my priceChance of $100k+, read within one price band.Opens $10 to $20, Standard lens.Steady marketsHolds in every lens and no single game owns it.Loads the 30+ launches view.Biggest typical yearWhat the middle launch earned, highest first.Loads the 30+ launches view.Biggest upsideWhat the top tenth earned at least.Loads the 30+ launches view.Proven at scale100+ launches and above the base rate.Now: Building + Sandbox, 38 in 100. 75 match.Busiest marketsMost launches first: where the competition is.Loads the 30+ launches view.

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207 of 5,145 niches have 100+ launches at $10 to $20. 10 match the search and chips. Sorted by chance of $100k+, highest first.

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Niches at $10 to $20, sorted by chance of $100k+. The first row is the base rate.
Rank#	Niche	Chance of $100k+	Typical year	Top 1 in 10	Launches	Markers	Pin
	All games at $10 to $20the base rate: the row to beat	19 in 100893 of 4,810	$9,226	$248,075	4,810
1	2D + Platformer24 in 100 earned $100k+, from 112 launches	24 in 10027 hits	$26,717	$346,811	112	1-hit	Pin 2D + Platformer
2	Adventure + Platformer17 in 100 earned $100k+, from 152 launches	17 in 10026 hits	$6,882	$261,499	152	none	Pin Adventure + Platformer
3	2D Platformer + Pixel Graphics16 in 100 earned $100k+, from 106 launches	16 in 10017 hits	$10,440	$231,544	106	Audience	Pin 2D Platformer + Pixel Graphics
4	2D Platformer + Platformer16 in 100 earned $100k+, from 147 launches	16 in 10023 hits	$9,714	$268,381	147	none	Pin 2D Platformer + Platformer
5	Action-Adventure + Platformer15 in 100 earned $100k+, from 101 launches	15 in 10015 hits	$7,082	$130,750	101	none	Pin Action-Adventure + Platformer
6	Action + Platformer14 in 100 earned $100k+, from 173 launches	14 in 10025 hits	$6,882	$191,874	173	none	Pin Action + Platformer
7	2D Platformer + Action14 in 100 earned $100k+, from 141 launches	14 in 10020 hits	$7,891	$172,444	141	none	Pin 2D Platformer + Action
8	2D + 2D Platformer14 in 100 earned $100k+, from 177 launches	14 in 10025 hits	$6,072	$174,231	177	none	Pin 2D + 2D Platformer
9	2D Platformer + Adventure1 in 13 earned $100k+, from 113 launches	1 in 139 hits	$4,453	$72,131	113	Audience	Pin 2D Platformer + Adventure
10	3D + 3D Platformer1 in 15 earned $100k+, from 106 launches	1 in 157 hits	$2,834	$45,337	106	Audience	Pin 3D + 3D Platformer

Showing 10 of 10 niches

green beats the base ratecoral below it bar: the chance; amber tick: the base rate1-hit one game holds over half the moneySmall under 50 launches in this viewAudience reads differently for Western players

Under 30 launches a chance is written as a count ("3 of 12"), never as odds. Typical year is the middle launch's first-year earnings. Lenses, the one-hit share and the audience split are measured across all prices. A game counts in every pair its tags make.