Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Racing + Combat Racing: a typical launch earns $564 in its first year

That is the median of 68 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 5 of 148 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 10.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 43% on the year before: 116 against 81.

Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games

Price: $564
Price vs a year earlier: −28.5%
Releases, 12 months: 116
Upcoming games: 323
Games on the store: 892

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Racing + Combat Racing on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.	0.17%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.09% to 0.31%	32 ranked of 323 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#1,172 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games	0.59xhits against expected	0.40x to 0.96x	148 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#5,304 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.	−5%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	−23% to +17%	24 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#1,591 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.	−1%review growth against same-age games	−9% to +11%	24 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#869 of 2,461pairs on this board

Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.

Launch success

launches 6 to 30 months old

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.

Hits: 5
Expected: 10.6

Launches: 148
Hit rate: 3.4%1.3% to 8.6%
Expected rate: 7.2%
Against expected: 0.59x0.40x to 0.96x

Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.

Revenue spread

148 launches

Estimated 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: $515
Top tenth: $9,597

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 116
Prior 12 months: 81

Change: +43%
Against Steam: +4%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

RacingGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Combat RacingGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Racing

pairs with Racing

Racing + Realistic$1,56740 launches priced, 67 releases in 12 months
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Racing + Multiplayer$60747 launches priced, 94 releases in 12 months
Racing + Driving$606121 launches priced, 184 releases in 12 months
Racing + PvP$60645 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
Racing + Colorful$60567 launches priced, 85 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Racing

More with Combat Racing

pairs with Combat Racing

Driving + Combat Racing$60730 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
Arcade + Combat Racing$60644 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
Action + Combat Racing$40549 launches priced, 67 releases in 12 months
Combat Racing + 3D$27342 launches priced, 58 releases in 12 months
Casual + Combat Racingno price53 releases in 12 months
PvP + Combat Racingno price30 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Combat Racing

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