Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Dungeon Crawler / Lore-Rich
Dungeon Crawler + Lore-Rich: 16 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 21 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases held level on the year before: 16 against 16.
- 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
- 16 16 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 48 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 100 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.
| 0.06%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.10% | 8 ranked of 48 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,106 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
- 21
- Hit rate
- 4.8%0.0% to 16.8%
- Expected rate
- 9.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
21 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
- $101
- Median
- $971
- Top tenth
- $63,745
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
- 0%
Parent tags
- Dungeon CrawlerGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Lore-RichNot 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.
- Verho - Curse of Faces (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,227 reviews, 91% positiveest. $497k
- Echoes of Mystralia (opens the Steam store)2026 · 647 reviews, 83% positiveest. $262k
- Embers Adrift (opens the Steam store)2025 · 242 reviews, 69% positiveest. $98k
- Hungry Horrors (opens the Steam store)2026 · 210 reviews, 98% positiveest. $64k
- Primateria (opens the Steam store)2024 · 155 reviews, 83% positiveest. $38k
- Empyreal (opens the Steam store)2025 · 123 reviews, 69% positiveest. $37k
- Hope Deferred (opens the Steam store)2025 · 31 reviews, 100% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- The Traveller Tale (opens the Steam store)2026 · 27 reviews, 70% positiveest. $10k to $100k
More with Dungeon Crawler
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- Hack and Slash + Dungeon Crawler$2,55377 launches priced, 131 releases in 12 months
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- Dungeon Crawler + Party-Based RPG$2,26559 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Dungeon Crawler$2,062137 launches priced, 266 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + Dark Fantasy$2,04340 launches priced, 87 releases in 12 months
More with Lore-Rich
pairs with Lore-Rich- Lore-Rich + Multiple Endings$2,52732 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
- Visual Novel + Lore-Rich$2,32451 launches priced, 84 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Lore-Rich$2,02371 launches priced, 120 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Lore-Rich$1,61965 launches priced, 106 releases in 12 months
- Lore-Rich + 2D$1,58448 launches priced, 110 releases in 12 months
- Horror + Lore-Rich$1,57238 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
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