Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / City Builder / God Game
City Builder + God Game: 13 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. 3 of 16 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 18% on the year before: 13 against 11.
- Small sample
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 13 11 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 75 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 171 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. | 0.07%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.04% to 0.11% | 10 ranked of 75 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,151 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
- 16
- Hit rate
- 18.8%6.6% to 46.3%
- Expected rate
- 15.1%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
16 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
- $91
- Median
- $13,572
- Top tenth
- $356,620
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
- +18%
Parent tags
- City BuilderGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- God GameGenre 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.
- Reus 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,153 reviews, 94% positiveest. $1M
- Sintopia (opens the Steam store)2026 · 960 reviews, 80% positiveest. $680k
- Microcivilization (opens the Steam store)2023 · 1,437 reviews, 78% positiveest. $523k
- Gold Gold Adventure Gold (opens the Steam store)2025 · 915 reviews, 70% positiveest. $463k
- Masters of Albion (opens the Steam store)2026 · 610 reviews, 64% positiveest. $309k
- Fata Deum - The God Sim (opens the Steam store)2025 · 412 reviews, 59% positiveest. $250k
- Battle On! Hero Academy (opens the Steam store)2025 · 762 reviews, 83% positiveest. $77k
- Goblin Camp (opens the Steam store)2024 · 119 reviews, 76% positiveest. $48k
More with City Builder
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- City Builder + Resource Management$8,36456 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
- City Builder + Management$8,27073 launches priced, 95 releases in 12 months
More with God Game
pairs with God Game- 2D + God Game$38131 launches priced, 39 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + God Game$30363 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + God Game$30031 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
- Casual + God Game$26153 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
- Sandbox + God Gameno price45 releases in 12 months
- God Game + Idlerno price43 releases in 12 months
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