Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / First-Person / Wargame
First-Person + Wargame: 17 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 22 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 13% on the year before: 17 against 15.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 17 15 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 76 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 168 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.
| 0.06%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.12% | 8 ranked of 76 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,180 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
- 22
- Hit rate
- 13.6%4.8% to 20.9%
- Expected rate
- 5.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
22 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
- $121
- Median
- $798
- Top tenth
- $93,038
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
- +13%
Parent tags
- First-PersonNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- WargameGenre 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.
- Nuclear Option (opens the Steam store)2023 · 10,455 reviews, 95% positiveest. $4.2M
- Vietnam War (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,719 reviews, 84% positiveest. $522k
- Dagger Directive (opens the Steam store)2025 · 818 reviews, 83% positiveest. $331k
- Remote Reaper: FPV Combat Drone Simulator (opens the Steam store)2025 · 252 reviews, 92% positiveest. $102k
- Field of Honor (opens the Steam store)2024 · 163 reviews, 95% positiveest. $16k
- M.I.A.: Mission in Asia (opens the Steam store)2025 · 76 reviews, 56% positiveest. $12k
- Hand Simulator: Shooter (opens the Steam store)2025 · 136 reviews, 45% positiveest. $8.2k
- Hijong Park's Defender Patrol (opens the Steam store)2025 · 73 reviews, 98% positiveest. $7.4k
More with First-Person
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- First-Person + Economy$9,96156 launches priced, 91 releases in 12 months
- Building + First-Person$7,38241 launches priced, 60 releases in 12 months
- First-Person + Management$7,08093 launches priced, 157 releases in 12 months
- Crafting + First-Person$6,99934 launches priced, 64 releases in 12 months
- First-Person + Online Co-Op$5,747102 launches priced, 173 releases in 12 months
More with Wargame
pairs with Wargame- Historical + Wargame$4,50234 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
- Grand Strategy + Wargame$4,04836 launches priced, 57 releases in 12 months
- RTS + Wargame$3,54550 launches priced, 91 releases in 12 months
- Turn-Based Strategy + Wargame$2,26565 launches priced, 97 releases in 12 months
- War + Wargame$2,18667 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Wargame + Turn-Based Tactics$1,92146 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
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