Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Fast-Paced / Arena Shooter
Fast-Paced + Arena Shooter: 26 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. 1 of 29 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 100% on the year before: 26 against 13.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 26 13 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 57 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 175 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.
| 0.02%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.01% to 0.05% | 6 ranked of 57 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,888 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
- 29
- Hit rate
- 3.4%0.0% to 12.5%
- Expected rate
- 7.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
29 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
- $0
- Median
- $1,577
- Top tenth
- $31,458
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
- +100%
Parent tags
- Fast-PacedNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Arena 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.
- I Am Your Beast (opens the Steam store)2024 · 5,297 reviews, 97% positiveest. $2.1M
- TRIBES 3: Rivals (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,326 reviews, 61% positiveest. $537k
- Guns and Nuns: Storming Hell (opens the Steam store)2026 · 926 reviews, 88% positiveest. $187k
- REAVER (opens the Steam store)2023 · 542 reviews, 87% positiveest. $154k
- Death In Abyss (opens the Steam store)2025 · 147 reviews, 82% positiveest. $60k
- Blood Rush (opens the Steam store)2025 · 161 reviews, 98% positiveest. $47k
- Diatomic (opens the Steam store)2024 · 136 reviews, 75% positiveest. $28k
- TEXNOPLAZM (opens the Steam store)2025 · 65 reviews, 98% positiveest. $21k
More with Fast-Paced
pairs with Fast-Paced- Action + Fast-Paced$1,41563 launches priced, 118 releases in 12 months
- Fast-Paced + Difficult$1,41537 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
- Fast-Paced + Arcade$38436 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Fast-Paced + Shooterno price44 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Fast-Pacedno price41 releases in 12 months
- Platformer + Fast-Pacedno price38 releases in 12 months
More with Arena Shooter
pairs with Arena Shooter- Roguelite + Arena Shooter$99052 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
- Arena Shooter + Action Roguelike$97067 launches priced, 140 releases in 12 months
- PvP + Arena Shooter$50632 launches priced, 82 releases in 12 months
- Bullet Hell + Arena Shooter$44579 launches priced, 141 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Arena Shooter$37270 launches priced, 127 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Arena Shooter$29336 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
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