Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Sports / Team-Based
Sports + Team-Based: 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. 1 of 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 87% on the year before: 28 against 15.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 28 15 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 66 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 170 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 | 0.01% to 0.05% | 5 ranked of 66 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,783 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
- 17
- Hit rate
- 5.9%0.0% to 16.7%
- Expected rate
- 9.3%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
17 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
- $56
- Median
- $4,554
- Top tenth
- $28,426
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
- +87%
Parent tags
- SportsGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Team-BasedNot 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.
- REMATCH (opens the Steam store)2025 · 40,975 reviews, 70% positiveest. $25M
- NBA THE RUN (opens the Steam store)2026 · 909 reviews, 67% positiveest. $552k
- Beetleball (opens the Steam store)2026 · 383 reviews, 93% positiveest. $62k
- World of Football (opens the Steam store)2024 · 197 reviews, 81% positiveest. $40k
- Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike (opens the Steam store)2026 · 107 reviews, 84% positiveest. $26k
- FAIRY TAIL: Beach Volleyball Havoc (opens the Steam store)2024 · 147 reviews, 92% positiveest. $21k
- Beat The Champions (opens the Steam store)2026 · 26 reviews, 73% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- NBA BOUNCE (opens the Steam store)2025 · 21 reviews, 85% positiveest. $1k to $10k
More with Sports
pairs with Sports- Sports + Management$5,80333 launches priced, 98 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Sports$2,42899 launches priced, 158 releases in 12 months
- Sports + Driving$1,82042 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Sports$1,819193 launches priced, 336 releases in 12 months
- Sports + Realistic$1,80150 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Sports$1,79496 launches priced, 67 releases in 12 months
More with Team-Based
pairs with Team-Based- Multiplayer + Team-Based$4,65335 launches priced, 92 releases in 12 months
- Action + Team-Based$2,97239 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- PvP + Team-Basedno price79 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Team-Basedno price53 releases in 12 months
- Team-Based + Party Gameno price49 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + Team-Basedno price45 releases in 12 months
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