Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / FPS / Battle Royale
FPS + Battle Royale: 12 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 15 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 40% on the year before: 12 against 20.
- Small sample
- Mostly free-to-play
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 12 20 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 78 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 206 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 | 0.02% to 0.05% | 7 ranked of 78 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,944 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
- 15
- Hit rate
- 6.7%0.0% to 13.3%
- Expected rate
- 4.3%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
15 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
- $100
- Top tenth
- $15,597
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
- −40%
Parent tags
- FPSGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Battle RoyaleGenre 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.
- SAND: Raiders of Sophie (opens the Steam store)2026 · 12,588 reviews, 49% positiveest. $6.2M
- Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3,373 reviews, 68% positiveest. $1.3M
- Polygon Bit Battle Royale (opens the Steam store)2025 · 93 reviews, 60% positiveest. $19k
- Vienkiemis (opens the Steam store)2026 · 45 reviews, 97% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- FMTC (opens the Steam store)2025 · 76 reviews, 78% positiveest. $11k
- Revolver Gambit (opens the Steam store)2025 · 8 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Chapter Wars (opens the Steam store)2023 · 7 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Forest (opens the Steam store)2025 · 10 reviews, 0% positiveest. under $1k
More with FPS
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- FPS + Roguelite$5,46236 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Immersive Sim$3,84453 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Story Rich$3,09340 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Co-op$2,58933 launches priced, 36 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Boomer Shooter$2,15474 launches priced, 134 releases in 12 months
More with Battle Royale
pairs with Battle Royale- Action + Battle Royale$31250 launches priced, 79 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Battle Royale$20237 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Battle Royale$18232 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
- PvP + Battle Royaleno price50 releases in 12 months
- Multiplayer + Battle Royaleno price33 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Battle Royaleno price27 releases in 12 months
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