Niche

Arcade + Tower Defense

Games tagged both Arcade and Tower Defense: 55 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
From 26,280 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Price Under $5

All prices1 in 17 hit $100k+Under $51 in 219 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 30 hit $100k+$10 to $2018 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4040 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,280 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 100+

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

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

Under $5 100+ launches Reset

Showing Arcade + Tower Defense priced under $5, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is too small to compare with Arcade and is too small to compare with Tower Defense; priced under $5 it has too few launches to read.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?Under $5

33 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.

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TIEA tie

Tag oneArcade

0.3in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds1 in 376

Typical earnings$101

Launches2,256 / 6 hits

Pairno reading

--No reading

This pairArcade + Tower Defense

--too few
to read

Odds--

Typical earnings--

Launches33

33 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.

TIEA tie

Tag twoTower Defense

1 of 406launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds1 of 406 launches

Typical earnings$111

Launches406 / 1 hits

Pairno reading

All indie launches under $5: 0.5 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 219), typical $169, from 13,780 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at under $5

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.

Price bandswitches the whole page

All prices55 in pair Under $533 in pair $5 to $1015 in pair$10 to $205: too few$20 to $402: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 33 games tagged both Arcade and Tower Defense priced under $5. 0 of 33 of them earned $100k+, against 0.3 in 100 for Arcade-only games and 1 of 373 for Tower Defense-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Arcade alone and is too small to compare with Tower Defense alone.

Both: 33 games priced under $5; 0 of 33 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $141.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 33 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.

3Comparables

Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Utopia Must Fallleads this pair32.6%

PairUtopia Must Fall32.6%

ArcadeREMATCH32.2%

Tower DefenseStronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition11.6%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 1 of 3, 2 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Arcade + Tower Defense

What this card holds

Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready

Same price banddata ready

Launched within a year of each otherplanned

Earned $100k+planned

The list itselfnot computed yet

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The leaders, in words

Utopia Must Fall earned 32.6% of the estimated first-year money of the 55 Arcade + Tower Defense launches.
Arcade is led by REMATCH, with 32.2% of its money.
Tower Defense is led by Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition, with 11.6% of its money.
No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.

Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Arcade + Tower Defense holds in Without the breakout; too few to tell in West-facing view and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Arcade + Tower Defense through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view55 of 55 launches	Without the breakout54 of 55 launches	Last 18 months16 of 55 launches
Launches counted	551 hits	551 hits	540 hits	160 hits
Earned $100k+	1 of 55too few for a rate	1 of 55too few for a rate	0 of 54too few for a rate	0 of 16too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings	$401top tenth $26,189+	$401	$401	$229
Chance against standard	the base	0.0%no change; too few to tell	-100.0%1.8 fewer in 100	-100.0%1.8 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	0.0%no change; too few to tell	0.0%no change	-42.9%$172 less; too few to tell
Does it hold?	The base view	Too few to tell	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Arcade and Tower Defense, 12 to 36 months old: 55 launches.

Launches counted: 551 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 55too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: $401top tenth $26,189+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 55 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 551 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 55too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: $401
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Utopia Must Fall (32.6% of the money): 54 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 540 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 54too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: $401
Chance against standard: -100.0%1.8 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 16 of 55.

Launches counted: 160 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 16too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: $229
Chance against standard: -100.0%1.8 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: -42.9%$172 less; too few to tell

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Arcade and Tower Defense, 12 to 36 months old: 55 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 55 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Utopia Must Fall (32.6% of the money): 54 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 16 of 55.

Arcade is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.

Arcade through every lens, all prices
Arcade	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view3,558 of 3,582 launches	Without the breakout3,581 of 3,582 launches	Last 18 months1,003 of 3,582 launches
Launches counted	3,58281 hits	3,55880 hits	3,58180 hits	1,00330 hits
Earned $100k+	2.3 in 1001 in 44	2.2 in 1001 in 44	2.2 in 1001 in 45	3.0 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings	$229top tenth $7,485+	$230	$229	$229
Chance against standard	the base	-0.6%no change	-1.2%no change	+32.3%0.7 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+0.4%$1 more	0.0%no change	0.0%no change
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Moves the answer

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 3,582 launches.

Launches counted: 3,58281 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.3 in 1001 in 44
Typical first-year earnings: $229top tenth $7,485+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 24 of 3,582 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 3,55880 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.2 in 1001 in 44
Typical first-year earnings: $230
Chance against standard: -0.6%no change
Typical against standard: +0.4%$1 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, REMATCH (32.2% of the money): 3,581 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 3,58180 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.2 in 1001 in 45
Typical first-year earnings: $229
Chance against standard: -1.2%no change
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsMoves the answer

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,003 of 3,582.

Launches counted: 1,00330 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.0 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings: $229
Chance against standard: +32.3%0.7 more in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 3,582 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 24 of 3,582 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, REMATCH (32.2% of the money): 3,581 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,003 of 3,582.

Tower Defense holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Tower Defense through every lens, all prices
Tower Defense	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view740 of 787 launches	Without the breakout786 of 787 launches	Last 18 months222 of 787 launches
Launches counted	78744 hits	74039 hits	78643 hits	22212 hits
Earned $100k+	5.6 in 1001 in 18	5.3 in 1001 in 19	5.5 in 1001 in 18	5.4 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings	$383top tenth $32,058+	$405	$383	$383
Chance against standard	the base	-5.7%0.3 fewer in 100	-2.1%0.1 fewer in 100	-3.3%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+5.7%$22 more	0.0%no change	0.0%no change
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Tower Defense, 12 to 36 months old: 787 launches.

Launches counted: 78744 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.6 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings: $383top tenth $32,058+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 47 of 787 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 74039 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.3 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings: $405
Chance against standard: -5.7%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +5.7%$22 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition (11.6% of the money): 786 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 78643 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.5 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings: $383
Chance against standard: -2.1%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 222 of 787.

Launches counted: 22212 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.4 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings: $383
Chance against standard: -3.3%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Tower Defense, 12 to 36 months old: 787 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 47 of 787 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition (11.6% of the money): 786 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 222 of 787.

A lens moves the chance only when it differs from standard by more than a random cut of the same size would, with 5+ hits on both sides; typical earnings are compared from 100 launches, within 25%. Without the breakout moves the answer when one game earned over half the money. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.

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