Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Arcade / Bullet Time
Arcade + Bullet Time: 27 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 33 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 0.9 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 59% on the year before: 27 against 17.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 27 17 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 44 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 152 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.
| 1.04xhits against expected | 0.84x to 1.85x | 33 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #2,557 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| 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
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured 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
- 33
- Hit rate
- 3.0%0.0% to 11.4%
- Expected rate
- 2.6%
- Against expected
- 1.04x0.84x to 1.85x
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
33 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
- $303
- Top tenth
- $8,478
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
- +59%
Parent tags
- ArcadeGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Bullet TimeNot 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.
- Neon Inferno (opens the Steam store)2025 · 384 reviews, 92% positiveest. $155k
- Maze Mice (opens the Steam store)2025 · 316 reviews, 88% positiveest. $64k
- COLD VR (opens the Steam store)2025 · 28 reviews, 60% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Aerial_Knight's DropShot (opens the Steam store)2026 · 22 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Johnny Trigger (opens the Steam store)2024 · 67 reviews, 91% positiveest. $6.8k
- Incaved Runner (opens the Steam store)2024 · 79 reviews, 94% positiveest. $6.4k
- Death Elevator (opens the Steam store)2023 · 24 reviews, 83% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Astro Fighters 2 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 18 reviews, 88% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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 Bullet Time
pairs with Bullet Time- Action + Bullet Time$30135 launches priced, 54 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Bullet Timeno price29 releases in 12 months
- Shooter + Bullet Timeno price28 releases in 12 months
- Bullet Hell + Bullet Timeno price20 releases in 12 months
- Bullet Time + Action Roguelikeno price20 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Bullet Timeno price18 releases in 12 months
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