Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Fantasy / Inventory Management
Fantasy + Inventory Management: 19 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. 2 of 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 46% on the year before: 19 against 13.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 19 13 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 59 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 115 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.
| 0.20%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.50% | 8 ranked of 59 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,063 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
- 11.8%0.0% to 22.4%
- Expected rate
- 2.9%
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
- $0
- Median
- $243
- Top tenth
- $106,937
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
- +46%
Parent tags
- FantasyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Inventory ManagementNot 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.
- FlyKnight Enhanced Edition (opens the Steam store)2025 · 10,492 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1.3M
- Loot of Baal (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,374 reviews, 62% positiveest. $250k
- Between Adventures IDLE (opens the Steam store)2026 · 364 reviews, 68% positiveest. $59k
- Idle Cultivation (opens the Steam store)2025 · 142 reviews, 79% positiveest. $11k
- Tidy Backpack (opens the Steam store)2024 · 114 reviews, 95% positiveest. $9.2k
- Underquest (opens the Steam store)2025 · 39 reviews, 94% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Backpacker Guild (opens the Steam store)2026 · 27 reviews, 59% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- The Auto Sort Is Broken (opens the Steam store)2025 · 93 reviews, 80% positiveest. $5.6k
More with Fantasy
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- Fantasy + Tactical RPG$3,23736 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Multiple Endings$3,03445 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Female Protagonist$2,18571 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Character Customization$2,14452 launches priced, 71 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Dungeon Crawler$1,86172 launches priced, 121 releases in 12 months
More with Inventory Management
pairs with Inventory Management- Inventory Management + Management$3,67830 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Simulation + Inventory Management$1,94044 launches priced, 93 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Inventory Management$82832 launches priced, 79 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Inventory Managementno price75 releases in 12 months
- Inventory Management + Resource Managementno price64 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Inventory Managementno price56 releases in 12 months
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