Genres

Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.

Shop Keeper $34,840//Open World Survival Craft $24,935//Trains $13,437//Bullet Heaven $11,383//Job Simulator $9,252//Roguelike Deckbuilder $8,989 -15.6%//Trading $6,008//Otome $5,505//Management $3,778 -43.4%//Dating Sim $3,678 -39.6%//Metroidvania $3,237 -11.8%//Fighting $3,114//Building $3,114 +8.2%//Colony Sim $2,825 -72.6%//Grand Strategy $2,448 -34.5%//City Builder $2,358 -5.0%//Programming $2,176//Sailing $2,159//Automation $2,122 -61.9%//Deckbuilding $2,003 -63.4%//Visual Novel $1,942 -5.9%//Life Sim $1,808 -51.1%//Investigation $1,780 +12.4%//Sandbox $1,754 -46.9%//4X $1,738//JRPG $1,619 +82.8%//Escape Room $1,610//Immersive Sim $1,509 -27.4%//Farming Sim $1,508 -46.2%//Cooking $1,470 +3.9%//Psychological Horror $1,334 -16.7%//Roguelite $1,246 -21.3%//Card Battler $1,246 -46.2%//Survival $1,243 -11.3%//Roguelike $1,226 -8.2%//Auto Battler $1,226 -28.5%//Creature Collector $1,226 +80.6%//Tactical RPG $1,179 -27.2%//Fishing $1,179 -56.8%//Souls-like $1,150 +3.4%//

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Niches / Grand Strategy + Auto Battler

Niche

Grand Strategy + Auto Battler

Too few launches for a full niche page: no indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, and a full page needs 30.

What is known

Releases, 12 months: 29 the year before
Upcoming games: 10coming soon on Steam
Games on the store: 30carrying both tags

Each tag has its own page: Grand Strategy and Auto Battler.

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Releases

Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.

#6 Phantom Blade Zero Oct 28, 2026 111k followers//#19 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Dec 3, 2026 91k followers//#64 AION 2 Oct 5, 2026 116k followers//#20 over the hill Oct 14, 2026 57k followers//#42 Beautiful Light December 2026 71k followers//#36 Gears of War: E-Day Oct 6, 2026 51k followers//#39 Valor Mortis Oct 13, 2026 38k followers//#55 Emberville Oct 27, 2026 42k followers//#60 Permafrost Oct 9, 2026 40k followers//#40 Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Oct 14, 2026 34k followers//#54 Hela: of Mice & Magic Dec 1, 2026 37k followers//#48 STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Oct 6, 2026 35k followers//#69 FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE Oct 22, 2026 29k followers//#109 Planet Zoo 2 Oct 13, 2026 30k followers//#99 Deep Dish Dungeon Oct 13, 2026 22k followers//#169 Shadow of the Road Nov 12, 2026 25k followers//#186 Loftia Nov 3, 2026 22k followers//#219 Beyond These Stars Oct 16, 2026 20k followers//#174 Silver Pines Oct 8, 2026 15k followers//#159 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Oct 14, 2026 13k followers//#144 We Were Here Tomorrow Oct 20, 2026 12k followers//#190 Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Oct 28, 2026 13k followers//#147 Cozy Game Restoration Nov 4, 2026 9,559 followers//#166 Scam With Your Friends October 2026 9,952 followers//#239 Nomad Drive Oct 20, 2026 14k followers//#212 Online: 404 Oct 16, 2026 12k followers//#214 Order of the Sinking Star Oct 8, 2026 12k followers//#247 Tenebris Somnia Oct 16, 2026 14k followers//#241 THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival Oct 22, 2026 13k followers//#228 VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss January 2027 12k followers//