Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / PvP / Tactical RPG
PvP + Tactical RPG: 21 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 23 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 17% on the year before: 21 against 18.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 21 18 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 57 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 143 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
| 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
- 4.3%0.0% to 15.2%
- Expected rate
- 8.3%
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
- $0
- Median
- $809
- Top tenth
- $45,195
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
- +17%
Parent tags
- PvPNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Tactical RPGGenre 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.
- Oaken Tower (opens the Steam store)2026 · 3,171 reviews, 90% positiveest. $641k
- Headquarters: World War II (opens the Steam store)2024 · 509 reviews, 74% positiveest. $412k
- Pennon and Battle (opens the Steam store)2024 · 175 reviews, 69% positiveest. $67k
- Water Margin Scrolls (opens the Steam store)2026 · 244 reviews, 40% positiveest. $49k
- Skygard Arena (opens the Steam store)2024 · 94 reviews, 76% positiveest. $29k
- Tormentis (opens the Steam store)2024 · 27 reviews, 88% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Critter Crossfire (opens the Steam store)2025 · 31 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG (opens the Steam store)2026 · 42 reviews, 76% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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More with Tactical RPG
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- Pixel Graphics + Tactical RPG$3,27132 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
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- Roguelite + Tactical RPG$2,42833 launches priced, 57 releases in 12 months
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- Party-Based RPG + Tactical RPG$2,02345 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
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