Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Top-Down Shooter / Mechs
Top-Down Shooter + Mechs: 5 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 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 50% on the year before: 5 against 10.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 5 10 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 32 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 68 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. | 0.01%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.01% to 0.02% | 6 ranked of 32 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #3,683 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
- 11.8%0.0% to 36.5%
- Expected rate
- 4.9%
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
- $36
- Median
- $2,223
- Top tenth
- $122,125
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
- −50%
Parent tags
- Top-Down ShooterGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- MechsNot 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.
- Cavalry Girls (opens the Steam store)2023 · 1,894 reviews, 88% positiveest. $253k
- Vital Shell (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,774 reviews, 96% positiveest. $215k
- Mech Havoc (opens the Steam store)2025 · 825 reviews, 96% positiveest. $167k
- Gigantes Ex Machina (opens the Steam store)2025 · 304 reviews, 83% positiveest. $92k
- Demon Hunt (opens the Steam store)2025 · 467 reviews, 77% positiveest. $66k
- Gunner-chan! (opens the Steam store)2025 · 220 reviews, 90% positiveest. $45k
- Frontline Crisis (opens the Steam store)2024 · 348 reviews, 87% positiveest. $42k
- Try to survive Today (opens the Steam store)2025 · 77 reviews, 68% positiveest. $17k
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