Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Relaxing / Turn-Based Tactics
Relaxing + Turn-Based Tactics: 36 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 40 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.3 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 33% on the year before: 36 against 27.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 36 27 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 54 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 196 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. | 0.69xhits against expected | 0.69x to 1.27x | 40 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,786 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| 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
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured 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
- 40
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 3.4%
- Against expected
- 0.69x0.69x to 1.27x
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
40 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
- $222
- Top tenth
- $4,015
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
- +33%
Parent tags
- RelaxingNot 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.
- Just Xiangqi (opens the Steam store)2024 · 710 reviews, 84% positiveest. $144k
- Chessarama (opens the Steam store)2023 · 121 reviews, 90% positiveest. $37k
- Beacon Patrol (opens the Steam store)2025 · 71 reviews, 97% positiveest. $17k
- Oxytone (opens the Steam store)2023 · 119 reviews, 93% positiveest. $17k
- Sky Realm Idle (opens the Steam store)2026 · 115 reviews, 73% positiveest. $16k
- Planetiles (opens the Steam store)2024 · 72 reviews, 77% positiveest. $15k
- 出将入相 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 90 reviews, 72% positiveest. $7k
- Threes! (opens the Steam store)2024 · 56 reviews, 96% positiveest. $6.8k
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- Relaxing + Management$3,154101 launches priced, 233 releases in 12 months
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More with Turn-Based Tactics
pairs with Turn-Based Tactics- Turn-Based + Turn-Based Tactics$5,85530 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- 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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