Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven: a typical launch earns $10,417 in its first year

That is the median of 54 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 19 of 107 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 5.2 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 302% on the year before: 217 against 54.

Price: $10,417
Price vs a year earlier: +73.9%
Releases, 12 months: 217
Upcoming games: 527
Games on the store: 890

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.	0.30%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.17% to 0.45%	26 ranked of 529 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#766 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	2.68xhits against expected	1.99x to 3.57x	107 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#27 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.	−67%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	−73% to −57%	42 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#2,352 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.	−8%review growth against same-age games	−19% to +5%	42 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#1,195 of 2,461pairs on this board

Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.

Launch success

launches 6 to 30 months old

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: 19
Expected: 5.2

Launches: 107
Hit rate: 17.8%10.4% to 27.8%
Expected rate: 4.9%
Against expected: 2.68x1.99x to 3.57x

Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.

Revenue spread

107 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: $194
Median: $5,344
Top tenth: $286,705

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

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 217
Prior 12 months: 54

Change: +302%
Against Steam: +177%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

Action RoguelikeGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Bullet HeavenGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

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More with Bullet Heaven

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Roguelike + Bullet Heaven$17,70935 launches priced, 135 releases in 12 months
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Arcade + Bullet Heavenno price90 releases in 12 months

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