Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Co-op / Third-Person Shooter
Co-op + Third-Person Shooter: 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. 5 of 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases held level on the year before: 13 against 13.
- Small sample
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 13 13 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 84 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 225 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.
| 1.04%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.13% to 1.93% | 13 ranked of 84 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #4,277 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.
| +11%review growth against same-age games | +3% to +22% | 24 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025 | #248 of 2,461pairs on this board |
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
- 17
- Hit rate
- 29.4%0.0% to 52.5%
- Expected rate
- 9.6%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
17 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
- $153
- Median
- $1,982
- Top tenth
- $464,068
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
- 0%
Parent tags
- Co-opNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Third-Person ShooterGenre 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.
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4,062 reviews, 69% positiveest. $2.3M
- POPUCOM (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,435 reviews, 87% positiveest. $891k
- Clawed (opens the Steam store)2026 · 761 reviews, 52% positiveest. $308k
- Atomic Picnic (opens the Steam store)2024 · 443 reviews, 70% positiveest. $179k
- C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM) (opens the Steam store)2024 · 778 reviews, 87% positiveest. $110k
- SWAPMEAT (opens the Steam store)2025 · 306 reviews, 86% positiveest. $102k
- Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific (opens the Steam store)2023 · 256 reviews, 78% positiveest. $52k
- Cowboy 3030 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 97 reviews, 87% positiveest. $29k
More with Co-op
pairs with Co-op- Co-op + PvE$16,63155 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Co-op + First-Person$11,81190 launches priced, 133 releases in 12 months
- Co-op + Action Roguelike$10,63341 launches priced, 58 releases in 12 months
- Survival + Co-op$7,36134 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
- Horror + Co-op$7,08089 launches priced, 127 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Co-op$6,44568 launches priced, 108 releases in 12 months
More with Third-Person Shooter
pairs with Third-Person Shooter- Adventure + Third-Person Shooter$57674 launches priced, 117 releases in 12 months
- Third-Person Shooter + Exploration$55632 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
- Third-Person Shooter + Action-Adventure$48579 launches priced, 108 releases in 12 months
- Action + Third-Person Shooter$313198 launches priced, 284 releases in 12 months
- Third Person + Third-Person Shooter$303122 launches priced, 145 releases in 12 months
- Third-Person Shooter + 3D$303139 launches priced, 173 releases in 12 months
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