Action-Adventure + Action Roguelike: a typical launch earns $303 in its first year

That is the median of 144 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 15 of 285 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 14.5 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 11% on the year before: 196 against 176.

China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese

Price: $303
Price vs a year earlier: +7.6%
Releases, 12 months: 196
Upcoming games: 622
Games on the store: 1,378

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.

Action-Adventure + Action Roguelike 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.	0.32%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.15% to 0.48%	36 ranked of 622 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#719 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese Listed after unflagged rows on this board	1.03xhits against expected	0.74x to 1.46x	285 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#6,046 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese	+24%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	−3% to +56%	37 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#638 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese	+2%review growth against same-age games	−12% to +20%	37 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#740 of 2,461pairs on this board

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: 15
Expected: 14.5

Launches: 285
Hit rate: 5.3%3.2% to 8.5%
Expected rate: 5.1%
Against expected: 1.03x0.74x to 1.46x

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

285 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: $242
Top tenth: $13,551

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: 196
Prior 12 months: 176

Change: +11%
Against Steam: −18%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

Action-AdventureGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Action RoguelikeGenre 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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