Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Hex Grid / Turn-Based Tactics
Hex Grid + Turn-Based Tactics: 24 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 23 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 100% on the year before: 24 against 12.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 24 12 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 67 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.
| 0.07%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.01% to 0.17% | 6 ranked of 67 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,072 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
- 23
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 15.6%
- Expected rate
- 7.3%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
23 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
- $8
- Median
- $1,415
- Top tenth
- $17,778
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
- Hex GridNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Turn-Based TacticsGenre 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.
- The Last Flame (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,748 reviews, 85% positiveest. $978k
- Veterum (opens the Steam store)2025 · 223 reviews, 85% positiveest. $90k
- Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin (opens the Steam store)2026 · 161 reviews, 69% positiveest. $49k
- Tactical Annihilation (opens the Steam store)2026 · 61 reviews, 98% positiveest. $20k
- Deep Fringe (opens the Steam store)2026 · 45 reviews, 84% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Astro Protocol (opens the Steam store)2026 · 66 reviews, 93% positiveest. $16k
- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate (Classic) (opens the Steam store)2026 · 77 reviews, 89% positiveest. $16k
- Great Powers (opens the Steam store)2025 · 37 reviews, 67% positiveest. $10k to $100k
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- Casual + Hex Gridno price19 releases in 12 months
- Tactical + Hex Gridno price18 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Hex Gridno price17 releases in 12 months
More with Turn-Based Tactics
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- War + Turn-Based Tactics$4,30130 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Turn-Based Tactics$2,24532 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Tactical + Turn-Based Tactics$2,18357 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Turn-Based Tactics$2,084100 launches priced, 232 releases in 12 months
- Wargame + Turn-Based Tactics$1,92146 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
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