Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Combat / Team-Based
Combat + Team-Based: 15 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 11 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 200% on the year before: 15 against 5.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 15 5 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 41 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 81 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.
| 0.04%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.01% to 0.08% | 5 ranked of 41 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,580 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
- 11
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 8.6%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
11 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
- $101
- Median
- $1,840
- Top tenth
- $10,812
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
- +200%
Parent tags
- CombatNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Team-BasedNot 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.
- DAVIGO: VR vs. PC (opens the Steam store)2023 · 1,202 reviews, 84% positiveest. $608k
- Titan Isles (opens the Steam store)2025 · 40 reviews, 95% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Mob Control (opens the Steam store)2024 · 107 reviews, 64% positiveest. $11k
- Skills & Raids (opens the Steam store)2026 · 50 reviews, 66% positiveest. $10k
- Shadows of Soldiers (opens the Steam store)2026 · 46 reviews, 73% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- O Holy Knight (opens the Steam store)2024 · 34 reviews, 44% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Clouds Ahoy! (opens the Steam store)2023 · 17 reviews, 76% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Red Crucible Assault (opens the Steam store)2025 · 8 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
More with Combat
pairs with Combat- Combat + Action RPG$1,57755 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Combat$1,20546 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Combat$1,17356 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Combat$80946 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Combat + Beat 'em up$80933 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Combat$76896 launches priced, 139 releases in 12 months
More with Team-Based
pairs with Team-Based- Multiplayer + Team-Based$4,65335 launches priced, 92 releases in 12 months
- Action + Team-Based$2,97239 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- PvP + Team-Basedno price79 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Team-Basedno price53 releases in 12 months
- Team-Based + Party Gameno price49 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + Team-Basedno price45 releases in 12 months
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