Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Arcade / Auto Battler
Arcade + Auto Battler: 32 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 26 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 88% on the year before: 32 against 17.
- 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
- 32 17 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 56 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 153 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
- 26
- Hit rate
- 3.8%0.0% to 13.1%
- 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
26 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
- $91
- Median
- $1,405
- Top tenth
- $30,642
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
- +88%
Parent tags
- ArcadeGenre 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.
- Be My Horde (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,055 reviews, 85% positiveest. $416k
- Dice People (opens the Steam store)2025 · 726 reviews, 90% positiveest. $44k
- Dragon Ruins (opens the Steam store)2024 · 367 reviews, 90% positiveest. $37k
- Neon Curves Racing (opens the Steam store)2026 · 92 reviews, 94% positiveest. $24k
- Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge (opens the Steam store)2025 · 103 reviews, 73% positiveest. $21k
- 1 Million Zombies (opens the Steam store)2023 · 60 reviews, 90% positiveest. $12k
- Increbraintal (opens the Steam store)2026 · 176 reviews, 82% positiveest. $11k
- COMBOLITE (opens the Steam store)2025 · 55 reviews, 76% positiveest. $7.8k
More with Arcade
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- Arcade + Twin Stick Shooter$1,01169 launches priced, 100 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Female Protagonist$96168 launches priced, 82 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Local Co-Op$96050 launches priced, 58 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Anime$91052 launches priced, 96 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Difficult$80679 launches priced, 145 releases in 12 months
More with Auto Battler
pairs with Auto Battler- Deckbuilding + Auto Battler$8,45742 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Card Battler + Auto Battler$3,75930 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Auto Battler$3,39375 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Auto Battler$2,67141 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Auto Battler$1,81961 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Auto Battler$1,51640 launches priced, 148 releases in 12 months
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