Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Auto Battler / Roguelike Deckbuilder
Auto Battler + Roguelike Deckbuilder: 21 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. 6 of 38 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 3.3 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases fell 5% on the year before: 21 against 22.
- China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 21 22 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 71 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 135 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.
| 1.44xhits against expected | 0.99x to 2.17x | 38 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #5,891 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| 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
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured 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
- 38
- Hit rate
- 15.8%6.9% to 36.9%
- Expected rate
- 8.6%
- Against expected
- 1.44x0.99x to 2.17x
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
38 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
- $950
- Median
- $18,745
- Top tenth
- $146,016
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
- −5%
Parent tags
- Auto BattlerGenre 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.
- Backpack Battles (opens the Steam store)2024 · 18,970 reviews, 91% positiveest. $4.8M
- Meme Mayhem (opens the Steam store)2024 · 4,847 reviews, 74% positiveest. $1M
- Vivid World (opens the Steam store)2025 · 594 reviews, 88% positiveest. $240k
- Epic Auto Towers (opens the Steam store)2024 · 769 reviews, 70% positiveest. $233k
- Toy Smash Kaboom! (opens the Steam store)2025 · 553 reviews, 84% positiveest. $157k
- Monster Battles (opens the Steam store)2025 · 466 reviews, 73% positiveest. $141k
- Turnbound (opens the Steam store)2026 · 450 reviews, 78% positiveest. $137k
- Spin Hero (opens the Steam store)2024 · 576 reviews, 73% positiveest. $93k
More with Auto Battler
pairs with Auto Battler- Deckbuilding + Auto Battler$8,45742 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Card Battler + Auto Battler$3,75930 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Auto Battler$3,39375 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Auto Battler$2,67141 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Auto Battler$1,81961 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Auto Battler$1,51640 launches priced, 148 releases in 12 months
More with Roguelike Deckbuilder
pairs with Roguelike Deckbuilder- Roguelite + Roguelike Deckbuilder$9,65574 launches priced, 161 releases in 12 months
- Turn-Based Combat + Roguelike Deckbuilder$8,69931 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Roguelike Deckbuilder$8,599104 launches priced, 217 releases in 12 months
- 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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