Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Action RTS / Management
Action RTS + Management: 5 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 12 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 17% on the year before: 5 against 6.
- 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
- 5 6 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 27 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 55 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
- 12
- Hit rate
- 8.3%0.0% to 25.1%
- Expected rate
- 8.9%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
12 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
- $46
- Median
- $243
- Top tenth
- $6,045
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
- Action RTSGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- ManagementGenre 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.
- Calyx (opens the Steam store)2026 · 478 reviews, 87% positiveest. $242k
- Age of Goblins (opens the Steam store)2024 · 63 reviews, 87% positiveest. $6.4k
- Gelluloid Domination (opens the Steam store)2025 · 13 reviews, 84% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Little Kingdoms (opens the Steam store)2024 · 4 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Neocon Tower Defence 3 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 5 reviews, 80% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Elemental colossus (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Ulia Chronicles (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Iron Stars (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1 reviews, 0% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
More with Action RTS
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- Action RTS + Real Time Tactics$98130 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Action RTS$81866 launches priced, 106 releases in 12 months
- Action + Action RTS$60743 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Action RTS + 3D$20233 launches priced, 39 releases in 12 months
- Tower Defense + Action RTSno price54 releases in 12 months
More with Management
pairs with Management- Management + Shop Keeper$31,61235 launches priced, 187 releases in 12 months
- Trading + Management$22,06052 launches priced, 89 releases in 12 months
- Multiplayer + Management$19,88833 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Management + Colony Sim$15,78739 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- Realistic + Management$13,70546 launches priced, 74 releases in 12 months
- Capitalism + Management$13,15777 launches priced, 165 releases in 12 months
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