Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / RPG / Local Co-Op
RPG + Local Co-Op: 15 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 19 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 6% on the year before: 15 against 16.
- Small sample
- China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 15 16 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 37 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 173 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
- 19
- Hit rate
- 15.8%0.0% to 31.7%
- Expected rate
- 6.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
19 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
- $52
- Median
- $1,278
- Top tenth
- $188,555
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
- −6%
Parent tags
- RPGGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Local Co-OpNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.
- Lost Castle 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 10,933 reviews, 78% positiveest. $2.6M
- DuneCrawl (opens the Steam store)2026 · 573 reviews, 74% positiveest. $232k
- Disc Golf Masters (opens the Steam store)2026 · 442 reviews, 82% positiveest. $224k
- Everafter Falls (opens the Steam store)2024 · 439 reviews, 86% positiveest. $178k
- Nullpoint Protocol (opens the Steam store)2026 · 61 reviews, 60% positiveest. $19k
- BOXHEAD:Immortal (opens the Steam store)2024 · 134 reviews, 76% positiveest. $14k
- Ink Inside (opens the Steam store)2024 · 43 reviews, 95% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 59 reviews, 100% positiveest. $8.4k
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More with Local Co-Op
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- Local Co-Op + Local Multiplayer$1,61847 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
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