Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / 2D Platformer / Auto Battler
2D Platformer + Auto Battler: 14 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 16 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 17% on the year before: 14 against 12.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 14 12 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 27 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 83 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
- 16
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 8.1%
- Expected rate
- 2.9%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
16 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
- $30
- Median
- $321
- Top tenth
- $15,161
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
- +17%
Parent tags
- 2D PlatformerGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Auto BattlerGenre 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.
- Arcane Trigger (opens the Steam store)2025 · 368 reviews, 85% positiveest. $67k
- Pro Wrestler Story (opens the Steam store)2025 · 111 reviews, 48% positiveest. $20k
- Golden Warden (opens the Steam store)2025 · 50 reviews, 94% positiveest. $10k
- Exodus: Creepy Time (opens the Steam store)2024 · 14 reviews, 78% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- 多元守卫者 Diverse Defenders (opens the Steam store)2024 · 34 reviews, 97% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Entropy Architects (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4 reviews, 25% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Abyss Deck (opens the Steam store)2026 · 5 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Candy Box U (opens the Steam store)2026 · 23 reviews, 100% positiveest. under $1k
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More with Auto Battler
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- RPG + Auto Battler$1,51640 launches priced, 148 releases in 12 months
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