Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Strategy / Artificial Intelligence
Strategy + Artificial Intelligence: 54 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 40 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 3.2 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 145% on the year before: 54 against 22.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 54 22 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 127 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 305 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.
| 0.09%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.18% | 7 ranked of 127 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,718 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | 0.81xhits against expected | 0.59x to 1.39x | 40 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #4,044 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
- 5.0%0.0% to 9.7%
- Expected rate
- 8.0%
- Against expected
- 0.81x0.59x to 1.39x
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
- $333
- Top tenth
- $17,467
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
- +145%
Parent tags
- StrategyGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Artificial IntelligenceNot 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.
- Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3,430 reviews, 82% positiveest. $2.7M
- Industrial Annihilation (opens the Steam store)2024 · 209 reviews, 26% positiveest. $127k
- EVOTINCTION (opens the Steam store)2024 · 173 reviews, 86% positiveest. $105k
- Front Office Football Nine (opens the Steam store)2023 · 166 reviews, 79% positiveest. $101k
- SeaCret 1 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 99 reviews, 61% positiveest. $80k
- Pandora's Toybox (opens the Steam store)2026 · 376 reviews, 83% positiveest. $76k
- PC Tycoon 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 318 reviews, 79% positiveest. $51k
- SkyInFlames (opens the Steam store)2026 · 236 reviews, 94% positiveest. $33k
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- Strategy + Historical$4,25980 launches priced, 157 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Party-Based RPG$3,88255 launches priced, 102 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Story Rich$3,64284 launches priced, 149 releases in 12 months
More with Artificial Intelligence
pairs with Artificial Intelligence- Simulation + Artificial Intelligence$76937 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Artificial Intelligence$12137 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Artificial Intelligenceno price67 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Artificial Intelligenceno price48 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Artificial Intelligenceno price41 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Artificial Intelligenceno price41 releases in 12 months
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