Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Arcade / Roguelike Deckbuilder
Arcade + Roguelike Deckbuilder: 19 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. 2 of 10 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 280% on the year before: 19 against 5.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 19 5 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 29 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 55 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
- 10
- Hit rate
- 20.0%0.0% to 50.4%
- Expected rate
- 5.0%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
10 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
- $1,019
- Median
- $18,343
- Top tenth
- $239,914
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
- +280%
Parent tags
- ArcadeGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Roguelike DeckbuilderGenre 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.
- Dungeon Clawler (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3,736 reviews, 88% positiveest. $1.1M
- Gambonanza (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,628 reviews, 74% positiveest. $494k
- Dogpile (opens the Steam store)2025 · 716 reviews, 95% positiveest. $145k
- Runeborn (opens the Steam store)2025 · 285 reviews, 81% positiveest. $81k
- Cult of PiN (opens the Steam store)2026 · 189 reviews, 78% positiveest. $57k
- Plinbo: Roguelike Plinko (opens the Steam store)2026 · 381 reviews, 66% positiveest. $54k
- Lucky Shot (opens the Steam store)2026 · 155 reviews, 97% positiveest. $41k
- Merge Maestro (opens the Steam store)2025 · 385 reviews, 93% positiveest. $31k
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More with Roguelike Deckbuilder
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- Turn-Based Combat + Roguelike Deckbuilder$8,69931 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
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- Roguelike + Roguelike Deckbuilder$8,25299 launches priced, 221 releases in 12 months
- Deckbuilding + Roguelike Deckbuilder$8,092105 launches priced, 232 releases in 12 months
- Turn-Based Strategy + Roguelike Deckbuilder$7,14342 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
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