Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
War: 229 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. 37 of 318 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 7% on the year before: 229 against 214.
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 229 214 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 721 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 2,276 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.
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
- 318
- Hit rate
- 11.6%8.5% to 15.9%
- Expected rate
- 10.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
318 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
- $1,546
- Top tenth
- $118,659
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +7%
Tag
- WarNot 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 tag 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.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (opens the Steam store)2026 · 19,441 reviews, 86% positiveest. $15M
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (opens the Steam store)2026 · 11,087 reviews, 61% positiveest. $8.9M
Tempest Rising (opens the Steam store)2025 · 9,865 reviews, 87% positiveest. $7.6M
Terra Invicta (opens the Steam store)2026 · 9,088 reviews, 79% positiveest. $7M
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (opens the Steam store)2026 · 13,930 reviews, 97% positiveest. $5.3M
Nuclear Option (opens the Steam store)2023 · 10,455 reviews, 95% positiveest. $4.2M
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition (opens the Steam store)2025 · 10,692 reviews, 92% positiveest. $4.2M
Master of Command (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,876 reviews, 92% positiveest. $2.3M
More with War
pairs with War- RTS + War$4,48634 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
- War + Historical$4,39930 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
- War + Turn-Based Tactics$4,30130 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- War + Turn-Based Strategy$3,84640 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
- War + 2D$3,16035 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + War$2,942102 launches priced, 126 releases in 12 months
- War + Real Time Tactics$2,22531 launches priced, 26 releases in 12 months
- War + Wargame$2,18667 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- War + Military$2,15564 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + War$2,12541 launches priced, 74 releases in 12 months
- Action + War$1,41556 launches priced, 67 releases in 12 months
- War + Shooter$1,16232 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
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