Genres

Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.

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Game Market DataSteam market, quoted daily
Live games
191,514
on 30 Sep 2026

Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Niches / Co-op / Action Roguelike

Co-op + Action Roguelike: a typical launch earns $10,633 in its first year

That is the median of 41 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 19 of 76 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 8.1 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 38% on the year before: 58 against 42.

Price
$10,633
median of 41 launches
Price vs a year earlier
+66.6%
four quarters on the four before
Releases, 12 months
58
42 the year before
Upcoming games
204
coming soon on Steam
Games on the store
409
carrying both tags

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.

Co-op + Action Roguelike on each board
BoardValueIntervalSampleStanding
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.0.29%share of upcoming wishlist heat0.15% to 0.51%30 ranked of 205 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026#778 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.1.98xhits against expected1.48x to 2.59x76 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)#169 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.
  • One game dominates the figure
−1%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam−29% to +39%25 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months#1,468 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.
  • One game dominates the figure
  • Listed after unflagged rows on this board
−2%review growth against same-age games−19% to +15%25 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025#2,092 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
19
Expected
8.1
Launches
76
Hit rate
25.0%20.0% to 35.9%
Expected rate
10.7%
Against expected
1.98x1.48x to 2.59x

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

76 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
$273
Median
$9,459
Top tenth
$2,384,772

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
58
Prior 12 months
42
Change
+38%
Against Steam
−1%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

  • Co-opNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside 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.

More with Co-op

pairs with Co-op
Every pair with Co-op

More with Action Roguelike

pairs with Action Roguelike
Every pair with Action Roguelike

Verdicts

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Releases

Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.