Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Shooter / Dark Comedy
Shooter + Dark Comedy: 7 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 18 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 13% on the year before: 7 against 8.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 7 8 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 40 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 79 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.
| 0.05%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.08% | 6 ranked of 40 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,439 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| 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
- 18
- Hit rate
- 11.1%0.0% to 26.3%
- Expected rate
- 1.9%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
18 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
- $62
- Median
- $374
- Top tenth
- $97,335
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
- −13%
Parent tags
- ShooterGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Dark ComedyNot 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.
- BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT (opens the Steam store)2024 · 7,911 reviews, 97% positiveest. $799k
- Utopia Must Fall (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,281 reviews, 94% positiveest. $233k
- カルトに厳しいギャル-CULT VS GAL- (opens the Steam store)2024 · 387 reviews, 97% positiveest. $39k
- Uktena 64 - Ultimate (opens the Steam store)2025 · 139 reviews, 92% positiveest. $20k
- REVEREND (opens the Steam store)2024 · 193 reviews, 88% positiveest. $12k
- TYRONE SOULZ (opens the Steam store)2024 · 179 reviews, 86% positiveest. $7.1k
- Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare (opens the Steam store)2023 · 28 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Imposters (opens the Steam store)2025 · 17 reviews, 47% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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More with Dark Comedy
pairs with Dark Comedy- Dark Humor + Dark Comedyno price58 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Dark Comedyno price50 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Dark Comedyno price46 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Dark Comedyno price45 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Dark Comedyno price39 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Dark Comedyno price37 releases in 12 months
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