Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Shooter / Bullet Time
Shooter + Bullet Time: 28 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. 2 of 39 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 2.2 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 8% on the year before: 28 against 26.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 28 26 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 74 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 245 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. | 0.03%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.04% | 9 ranked of 74 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,973 of 7,193pairs on this board |
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 0.96xhits against expected | 0.70x to 1.65x | 39 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #3,064 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
- 39
- Hit rate
- 5.1%0.0% to 10.3%
- Expected rate
- 5.7%
- Against expected
- 0.96x0.70x to 1.65x
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
39 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
- $1,131
- Top tenth
- $15,249
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
- +8%
Parent tags
- ShooterGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Bullet TimeNot 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.
- Killer Bean (opens the Steam store)2026 · 2,281 reviews, 73% positiveest. $692k
- SPRAWL zero (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,006 reviews, 95% positiveest. $509k
- Better Than Dead (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,528 reviews, 73% positiveest. $464k
- Out of Action (opens the Steam store)2026 · 917 reviews, 77% positiveest. $371k
- Jackal (opens the Steam store)2026 · 607 reviews, 88% positiveest. $184k
- PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION (opens the Steam store)2026 · 186 reviews, 88% positiveest. $53k
- Too Tired To Die (opens the Steam store)2025 · 69 reviews, 79% positiveest. $17k
- Sniper Camouflage Orange Spy Warrior I Buried Two Bodies in the Garden and the Police Haven't Figured Out Yet That They're Missing Because They Were a Lonely Old Couple Who Had No Relatives Simulator 2026 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 80 reviews, 65% positiveest. $16k
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