Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Turn-Based Strategy + Tabletop: a typical launch earns $202 in its first year

That is the median of 76 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 4 of 140 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 10.6 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 46% on the year before: 130 against 89.

Price: $202
Price vs a year earlier: −88.1%
Releases, 12 months: 130
Upcoming games: 264
Games on the store: 710

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Turn-Based Strategy + Tabletop on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese	0.03%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.02% to 0.05%	8 ranked of 264 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#3,020 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	0.51xhits against expected	0.35x to 0.86x	140 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#5,552 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 old

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.

Hits: 4
Expected: 10.6

Launches: 140
Hit rate: 2.9%0.7% to 5.8%
Expected rate: 7.6%
Against expected: 0.51x0.35x to 0.86x

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

140 launches

Estimated 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: $404
Top tenth: $22,590

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 130
Prior 12 months: 89

Change: +46%

Parent tags

Turn-Based StrategyGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
TabletopGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

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Every pair with Turn-Based Strategy

More with Tabletop

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Cute + Tabletop$25236 launches priced, 56 releases in 12 months
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Card Game + Tabletop$20276 launches priced, 192 releases in 12 months

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