Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Class-Based: 114 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. 10 of 105 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 84% on the year before: 114 against 62.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 114 62 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 316 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 675 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.
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
- 105
- Hit rate
- 9.5%6.7% to 16.2%
- Expected rate
- 9.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
105 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
- $80
- Median
- $1,941
- Top tenth
- $60,119
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +84%
Tag
- Class-BasedNot 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 tag 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.
- Rabbit and Steel (opens the Steam store)2024 · 10,195 reviews, 96% positiveest. $2.9M
- Solasta II (opens the Steam store)2026 · 3,030 reviews, 74% positiveest. $2.3M
- SpiritVale (opens the Steam store)2026 · 4,885 reviews, 48% positiveest. $1.4M
- FBC: Firebreak (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,992 reviews, 65% positiveest. $806k
- Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,285 reviews, 82% positiveest. $780k
- TRIBES 3: Rivals (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,326 reviews, 61% positiveest. $537k
- The Nameless: Slay Dragon (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,061 reviews, 91% positiveest. $496k
- Heroes of Valor (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,329 reviews, 90% positiveest. $403k
More with Class-Based
pairs with Class-Based- RPG + Class-Basedno price53 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Class-Basedno price36 releases in 12 months
- Action + Class-Basedno price30 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Class-Basedno price26 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Class-Basedno price24 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Class-Basedno price23 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Class-Basedno price23 releases in 12 months
- Class-Based + Character Customizationno price23 releases in 12 months
- Class-Based + Action Roguelikeno price21 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Class-Basedno price20 releases in 12 months
- Pixel Graphics + Class-Basedno price19 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + Class-Basedno price17 releases in 12 months
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