Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Visual Novel / Turn-Based Tactics
Visual Novel + Turn-Based Tactics: 22 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 14 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 38% on the year before: 22 against 16.
- Small sample
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 22 16 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 57 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 156 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
- 14
- Hit rate
- 14.3%0.0% to 55.0%
- Expected rate
- 14.2%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
14 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
- $6,090
- Top tenth
- $117,165
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
- +38%
Parent tags
- Visual NovelGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Turn-Based TacticsGenre 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.
- StarVaders (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,774 reviews, 97% positiveest. $1.7M
- Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse (opens the Steam store)2025 · 341 reviews, 77% positiveest. $138k
- Robot girl's dream -RobotBattleChampionship- (opens the Steam store)2025 · 199 reviews, 95% positiveest. $68k
- Virtual Ties: Isekaijoucho Träumerei (opens the Steam store)2026 · 93 reviews, 91% positiveest. $66k
- MAHOUTEQ! (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,339 reviews, 99% positiveest. $54k
- Infinity: HexaDome Tactics (opens the Steam store)2026 · 109 reviews, 76% positiveest. $44k
- Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami (opens the Steam store)2024 · 23 reviews, 56% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Missile Command Delta (opens the Steam store)2025 · 31 reviews, 83% positiveest. $10k to $100k
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More with Turn-Based Tactics
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- War + Turn-Based Tactics$4,30130 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Turn-Based Tactics$2,24532 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Tactical + Turn-Based Tactics$2,18357 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Turn-Based Tactics$2,084100 launches priced, 232 releases in 12 months
- Wargame + Turn-Based Tactics$1,92146 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
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