Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Medieval / Grand Strategy
Medieval + Grand Strategy: 10 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 18 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 11% on the year before: 10 against 9.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 10 9 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 41 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 106 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. | 0.05%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.03% to 0.07% | 10 ranked of 41 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,471 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
- 18
- Hit rate
- 16.7%10.0% to 43.1%
- Expected rate
- 13.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
18 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
- $2,881
- Top tenth
- $217,204
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
- +11%
Parent tags
- MedievalNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Grand StrategyGenre 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.
- Fantasy Map Simulator (opens the Steam store)2024 · 4,218 reviews, 89% positiveest. $547k
- Field of Glory: Kingdoms (opens the Steam store)2024 · 280 reviews, 81% positiveest. $227k
- Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown (opens the Steam store)2024 · 376 reviews, 54% positiveest. $213k
- DSS 2: War Industry (opens the Steam store)2025 · 187 reviews, 82% positiveest. $68k
- Knights of the Crusades (opens the Steam store)2025 · 166 reviews, 69% positiveest. $67k
- Bellfortis (opens the Steam store)2025 · 142 reviews, 90% positiveest. $57k
- Renaissance Kingdom Wars (opens the Steam store)2024 · 141 reviews, 70% positiveest. $57k
- City States: Medieval (opens the Steam store)2026 · 50 reviews, 66% positiveest. $20k
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