Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / FPS / Choose Your Own Adventure
FPS + Choose Your Own Adventure: 9 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 14 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 80% on the year before: 9 against 5.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 9 5 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 35 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 84 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.
| 0.03%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.01% to 0.06% | 5 ranked of 35 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,681 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
- 14
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 4.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
14 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
- $384
- Top tenth
- $3,736
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
- +80%
Parent tags
- FPSGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Choose Your Own AdventureGenre 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.
- Backrooms Rec. (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,835 reviews, 68% positiveest. $260k
- Life in red line (opens the Steam store)2026 · 32 reviews, 84% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Digging the Forgotten Cave (opens the Steam store)2025 · 54 reviews, 75% positiveest. $5.5k
- Soviet Soldier (opens the Steam store)2024 · 13 reviews, 69% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Roten (opens the Steam store)2026 · 13 reviews, 76% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Backrooms Interception (opens the Steam store)2026 · 4 reviews, 25% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- SHADOW DETECTIVE (opens the Steam store)2025 · 19 reviews, 73% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Escape The Forest (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3 reviews, 66% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
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- FPS + Story Rich$3,09340 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Co-op$2,58933 launches priced, 36 releases in 12 months
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Related niches
pairs with Choose Your Own Adventure- Choose Your Own Adventure + Romance$3,13658 launches priced, 86 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Dating Sim$3,11675 launches priced, 85 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Character Customization$2,97334 launches priced, 26 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Mystery$2,91649 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
- Psychological Horror + Choose Your Own Adventure$2,54534 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Choose Your Own Adventure$2,180127 launches priced, 197 releases in 12 months
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