Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Card Game / Real Time Tactics
Card Game + Real Time Tactics: 29 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 32 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.7 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 7% on the year before: 29 against 27.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 29 27 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 69 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 157 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. | 0.64xhits against expected | 0.64x to 1.17x | 32 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #5,061 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
- 32
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 5.3%
- Against expected
- 0.64x0.64x to 1.17x
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
32 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
- $20
- Median
- $404
- Top tenth
- $10,468
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
- +7%
Parent tags
- Card 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.
- RUNGORE (opens the Steam store)2023 · 993 reviews, 85% positiveest. $301k
- Guardians of Dao (opens the Steam store)2026 · 63 reviews, 74% positiveest. $26k
- Break Siege (opens the Steam store)2025 · 67 reviews, 85% positiveest. $20k
- Claws Of Power (opens the Steam store)2026 · 172 reviews, 79% positiveest. $13k
- Aestheta (opens the Steam store)2025 · 198 reviews, 89% positiveest. $12k
- Meta Card Backpack Legend (opens the Steam store)2026 · 68 reviews, 97% positiveest. $11k
- Warena (opens the Steam store)2026 · 42 reviews, 52% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Rustic Defense (opens the Steam store)2025 · 28 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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Related niches
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