Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Building / Third Person
Building + Third Person: 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. 0 of 22 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 19% on the year before: 19 against 16.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 19 16 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 103 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 192 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.
| 0.14%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.06% to 0.24% | 12 ranked of 103 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,389 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| 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
- 22
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 8.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
22 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
- $18
- Median
- $606
- Top tenth
- $11,995
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
- +19%
Parent tags
- BuildingGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Third PersonNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.
- The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator (opens the Steam store)2023 · 685 reviews, 91% positiveest. $208k
- Goblin Company (opens the Steam store)2026 · 287 reviews, 81% positiveest. $58k
- Dungeons & Kingdoms (opens the Steam store)2025 · 80 reviews, 40% positiveest. $32k
- Lords and Legions (opens the Steam store)2025 · 59 reviews, 74% positiveest. $23k
- Epstein (opens the Steam store)2024 · 237 reviews, 67% positiveest. $19k
- TRS22 Model Railroaders Edition (opens the Steam store)2025 · 15 reviews, 66% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Junkster (opens the Steam store)2026 · 56 reviews, 98% positiveest. $11k
- Construction Simulator 4 - Pocket Edition (opens the Steam store)2025 · 35 reviews, 14% positiveest. $10k to $100k
More with Building
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- Building + Life Sim$12,54245 launches priced, 64 releases in 12 months
- Building + Colony Sim$11,53947 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- Building + Automation$8,28246 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
- Building + Economy$7,77095 launches priced, 122 releases in 12 months
- Building + Immersive Sim$7,64451 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
More with Third Person
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- Third Person + Psychological Horror$98132 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
- Third Person + Sci-fi$80943 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
- Third Person + Immersive Sim$80943 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
- Open World + Third Person$80863 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Third Person$76950 launches priced, 92 releases in 12 months
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