Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Fantasy + Arcade: a typical launch earns $202 in its first year

That is the median of 52 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 1 of 106 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 3.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 65% on the year before: 109 against 66.

One game dominates the figure

Price: $202
Price vs a year earlier: −0.1%
Releases, 12 months: 109
Upcoming games: 186
Games on the store: 610

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Fantasy + Arcade on each board
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. One game dominates the figure	0.60xhits against expected	0.49x to 1.11x	106 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#5,241 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 old

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.

Hits: 1
Expected: 3.6

Launches: 106
Hit rate: 0.9%0.0% to 7.1%
Expected rate: 3.4%
Against expected: 0.60x0.49x to 1.11x

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

106 launches

Estimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.

Bottom tenth: $0
Median: $182
Top tenth: $4,780

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 109
Prior 12 months: 66

Change: +65%

Parent tags

FantasyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
ArcadeGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Fantasy

pairs with Fantasy

Fantasy + Strategy RPG$6,98232 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
Fantasy + Tactical RPG$3,23736 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
Fantasy + Multiple Endings$3,03445 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
Fantasy + Female Protagonist$2,18571 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
Fantasy + Character Customization$2,14452 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
Fantasy + Dungeon Crawler$1,86172 launches priced, 121 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Fantasy

More with Arcade

pairs with Arcade

Co-op + Arcade$1,37646 launches priced, 69 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Twin Stick Shooter$1,01169 launches priced, 100 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Female Protagonist$96168 launches priced, 82 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Local Co-Op$96050 launches priced, 58 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Anime$91052 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Difficult$80679 launches priced, 145 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Arcade

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