Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Funny / Action Roguelike
Funny + Action Roguelike: a typical launch earns $455 in its first year
That is the median of 30 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 6 of 65 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 2.5 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 72% on the year before: 62 against 36.
- Price
- $455 median of 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- −68.1% four quarters on the four before
- Releases, 12 months
- 62 36 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 153 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 314 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.
| 0.18%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.07% to 0.35% | 13 ranked of 153 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,119 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | 1.63xhits against expected | 1.11x to 2.53x | 65 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #497 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| 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
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured 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
- 65
- Hit rate
- 9.2%3.6% to 14.9%
- Expected rate
- 3.9%
- Against expected
- 1.63x1.11x to 2.53x
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
65 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
- $1,012
- Top tenth
- $55,743
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
- +72%
Parent tags
- FunnyNot 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 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.
- Content Warning (opens the Steam store)2024 · 72,658 reviews, 93% positiveest. $12M
- Lost Castle 2 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 10,933 reviews, 78% positiveest. $2.6M
- LORT (opens the Steam store)2026 · 3,963 reviews, 77% positiveest. $1.2M
- Neon Abyss 2 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,004 reviews, 69% positiveest. $580k
- Flash Doll (opens the Steam store)2024 · 861 reviews, 80% positiveest. $157k
- SWAPMEAT (opens the Steam store)2025 · 306 reviews, 86% positiveest. $102k
- Pro Jank Footy (opens the Steam store)2026 · 223 reviews, 80% positiveest. $68k
- Cyberwar: Neon City (opens the Steam store)2024 · 171 reviews, 90% positiveest. $62k
More with Funny
pairs with Funny- Co-op + Funny$5,64452 launches priced, 130 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + Funny$5,38258 launches priced, 166 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Romance$4,86732 launches priced, 30 releases in 12 months
- Funny + Life Sim$2,42933 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Funny$2,42495 launches priced, 113 releases in 12 months
- Exploration + Funny$2,386110 launches priced, 181 releases in 12 months
More with Action Roguelike
pairs with Action Roguelike- Co-op + Action Roguelike$10,63341 launches priced, 58 releases in 12 months
- Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven$10,41754 launches priced, 217 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + Action Roguelike$7,94636 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
- Female Protagonist + Action Roguelike$6,55637 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
- Isometric + Action Roguelike$5,46233 launches priced, 41 releases in 12 months
- Dark Fantasy + Action Roguelike$4,04545 launches priced, 85 releases in 12 months
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