Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Board Game / Real Time Tactics
Board Game + Real Time Tactics: 23 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. 1 of 28 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 44% on the year before: 23 against 16.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 23 16 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 40 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 124 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
- 28
- Hit rate
- 3.6%0.0% to 7.9%
- Expected rate
- 3.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
28 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
- $0
- Median
- $101
- Top tenth
- $1,331
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
- +44%
Parent tags
- Board GameGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Real Time TacticsGenre 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.
- Drop Duchy (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,983 reviews, 89% positiveest. $872k
- 寿司王 -sushi ou- (opens the Steam store)2024 · 49 reviews, 91% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Starbiz (opens the Steam store)2024 · 7 reviews, 85% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- LouveSystems' Realms (opens the Steam store)2026 · 5 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Bone Marrow 2 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 8 reviews, 87% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- SmashOff (opens the Steam store)2026 · 6 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- 即时象棋:旧棋新弈 Hyper Chinese Chess (opens the Steam store)2025 · 51 reviews, 76% positiveest. $1.1k
- MEMOLOGY: War of Memes (opens the Steam store)2024 · 52 reviews, 76% positiveest. $1k
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