Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Action / Quick-Time Events
Action + Quick-Time Events: 26 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. 1 of 23 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 73% on the year before: 26 against 15.
- Small sample
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 26 15 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 46 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 170 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
- 23
- Hit rate
- 4.3%0.0% to 16.8%
- Expected rate
- 4.1%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
23 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
- $101
- Top tenth
- $15,390
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
- +73%
Parent tags
- ActionNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Quick-Time EventsNot 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.
- PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC (opens the Steam store)2025 · 700 reviews, 90% positiveest. $567k
- Rally Arcade Classics (opens the Steam store)2024 · 125 reviews, 79% positiveest. $51k
- Aim Assault (opens the Steam store)2025 · 43 reviews, 79% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Dreams of Aether (opens the Steam store)2025 · 236 reviews, 97% positiveest. $14k
- Angry Penguin (opens the Steam store)2024 · 329 reviews, 92% positiveest. $13k
- Dynamic Shooting VR (opens the Steam store)2024 · 17 reviews, 88% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- One Minute (opens the Steam store)2025 · 22 reviews, 95% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- HaHa (opens the Steam store)2023 · 16 reviews, 100% positiveest. $1k to $10k
More with Action
pairs with Action- Action + Mechs$7,85932 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
- Action + Bullet Heaven$6,31331 launches priced, 177 releases in 12 months
- Action + Co-op$3,733172 launches priced, 259 releases in 12 months
- Action + Team-Based$2,97239 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- Action + Metroidvania$2,893107 launches priced, 128 releases in 12 months
- Action + Fighting$2,52840 launches priced, 34 releases in 12 months
More with Quick-Time Events
pairs with Quick-Time Events- Casual + Quick-Time Eventsno price42 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Quick-Time Eventsno price29 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Quick-Time Eventsno price25 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Quick-Time Eventsno price16 releases in 12 months
- Pixel Graphics + Quick-Time Eventsno price13 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Quick-Time Eventsno price13 releases in 12 months
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