Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Surreal / Dungeon Crawler
Surreal + Dungeon Crawler: 6 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 15 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 45% on the year before: 6 against 11.
- 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
- 6 11 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 28 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 61 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
- 15
- Hit rate
- 13.3%0.0% to 31.2%
- Expected rate
- 8.8%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
15 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
- $57
- Median
- $887
- Top tenth
- $285,361
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
- −45%
Parent tags
- SurrealNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Dungeon CrawlerGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best 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.
- Psychopomp GOLD (opens the Steam store)2024 · 4,904 reviews, 97% positiveest. $893k
- Shroom and Gloom (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,523 reviews, 92% positiveest. $462k
- Dungeons of Blood and Dream (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,181 reviews, 93% positiveest. $454k
- Liminal Void (opens the Steam store)2024 · 106 reviews, 82% positiveest. $32k
- SAVE (opens the Steam store)2025 · 91 reviews, 48% positiveest. $22k
- DEMON DUST (opens the Steam store)2026 · 100 reviews, 95% positiveest. $20k
- Navicula Meatus (opens the Steam store)2025 · 130 reviews, 96% positiveest. $16k
- FREAKHUNTER (opens the Steam store)2024 · 136 reviews, 96% positiveest. $11k
More with Surreal
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- Surreal + Story Rich$3,23865 launches priced, 92 releases in 12 months
- Surreal + Psychological Horror$2,906127 launches priced, 153 releases in 12 months
- Surreal + Exploration$2,424100 launches priced, 135 releases in 12 months
- Surreal + Walking Simulator$1,81971 launches priced, 118 releases in 12 months
- Horror + Surreal$1,799122 launches priced, 163 releases in 12 months
More with Dungeon Crawler
pairs with Dungeon Crawler- Dungeon Crawler + Character Customization$3,45838 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Dungeon Crawler$2,55377 launches priced, 131 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + Turn-Based Combat$2,52649 launches priced, 86 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + Party-Based RPG$2,26559 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Dungeon Crawler$2,062137 launches priced, 266 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + Dark Fantasy$2,04340 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
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