Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Combat / Spectacle fighter
Combat + Spectacle fighter: 11 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 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 10% on the year before: 11 against 10.
- 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
- 11 10 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 45 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 101 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. | 0.07%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.03% to 0.12% | 10 ranked of 45 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #2,148 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| 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
- 17
- Hit rate
- 5.9%0.0% to 20.1%
- Expected rate
- 12.8%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
17 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
- $24
- Median
- $324
- Top tenth
- $26,275
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
- +10%
Parent tags
- CombatNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Spectacle fighterGenre 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.
- Iron Saga VS (opens the Steam store)2025 · 376 reviews, 79% positiveest. $228k
- Divinum (opens the Steam store)2026 · 565 reviews, 86% positiveest. $172k
- Qliphah in Providence's Shadow (opens the Steam store)2026 · 84 reviews, 44% positiveest. $43k
- Dojo Masters (opens the Steam store)2024 · 138 reviews, 92% positiveest. $42k
- SoulQuest (opens the Steam store)2026 · 97 reviews, 81% positiveest. $39k
- Taiwan Coolfox (opens the Steam store)2025 · 57 reviews, 78% positiveest. $16k
- MoonWhite (opens the Steam store)2024 · 255 reviews, 97% positiveest. $5.1k
- JUST ONE MAN (opens the Steam store)2026 · 20 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1k to $10k
More with Combat
pairs with Combat- Combat + Action RPG$1,57755 launches priced, 70 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Combat$1,20546 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Combat$1,17356 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Combat$80946 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Combat + Beat 'em up$80933 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Combat$76896 launches priced, 139 releases in 12 months
More with Spectacle fighter
pairs with Spectacle fighter- Action + Spectacle fighter$42470 launches priced, 80 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Spectacle fighter$28337 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Spectacle fighterno price30 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Spectacle fighterno price30 releases in 12 months
- Action-Adventure + Spectacle fighterno price25 releases in 12 months
- Spectacle fighter + 3D Fighterno price24 releases in 12 months
Verdicts
in developmentGMD Verdicts will be a written read on a niche, built from the same data and the published method on this site. Join the early list and we will email you when the first ones are ready. Nothing on this page is held back while you wait.