Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Turn-Based Strategy / Post-apocalyptic
Turn-Based Strategy + Post-apocalyptic: 8 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. 0 of 13 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 11% on the year before: 8 against 9.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 8 9 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 47 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 105 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
- 13
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 10.3%
- Expected rate
- 9.8%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
13 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
- $32
- Median
- $486
- Top tenth
- $43,550
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
- −11%
Parent tags
- Turn-Based StrategyGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Post-apocalypticNot 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.
- Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (opens the Steam store)2023 · 2,977 reviews, 93% positiveest. $1.8M
- Vultures - Scavengers of Death (opens the Steam store)2026 · 534 reviews, 82% positiveest. $195k
- MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light (opens the Steam store)2023 · 221 reviews, 76% positiveest. $89k
- Anoxia Station (opens the Steam store)2025 · 179 reviews, 76% positiveest. $54k
- Dawnmaker (opens the Steam store)2024 · 156 reviews, 91% positiveest. $47k
- Interregnum: False Prophet (opens the Steam store)2024 · 56 reviews, 57% positiveest. $28k
- Deep Fringe (opens the Steam store)2026 · 45 reviews, 84% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Dunebound Tactics (opens the Steam store)2026 · 26 reviews, 73% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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More with Post-apocalyptic
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- RPG + Post-apocalyptic$3,36844 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
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- Story Rich + Post-apocalyptic$1,20137 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
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- Horror + Post-apocalyptic$1,01950 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
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