Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Funny / Turn-Based Tactics
Funny + Turn-Based Tactics: 28 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. 5 of 36 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 3.7 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 33% on the year before: 28 against 21.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 28 21 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 66 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 173 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | 1.20xhits against expected | 0.83x to 1.85x | 36 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #1,742 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
- 36
- Hit rate
- 13.9%4.7% to 25.2%
- Expected rate
- 10.1%
- Against expected
- 1.20x0.83x to 1.85x
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
36 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
- $768
- Top tenth
- $667,730
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
- +33%
Parent tags
- FunnyNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Turn-Based TacticsGenre 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.
- Mewgenics (opens the Steam store)2026 · 50,493 reviews, 89% positiveest. $29M
- Tactical Breach Wizards (opens the Steam store)2024 · 11,510 reviews, 97% positiveest. $4.6M
- Cobalt Core (opens the Steam store)2023 · 4,082 reviews, 95% positiveest. $1.7M
- SteamWorld Heist II (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,214 reviews, 93% positiveest. $1.3M
- Escape from Ever After (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,545 reviews, 96% positiveest. $782k
- Dice Gambit (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,094 reviews, 87% positiveest. $554k
- Titanium Court (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,123 reviews, 94% positiveest. $341k
- Prime Monster (opens the Steam store)2026 · 309 reviews, 82% positiveest. $125k
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 Turn-Based Tactics
pairs with Turn-Based Tactics- Turn-Based + Turn-Based Tactics$5,85530 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- War + Turn-Based Tactics$4,30130 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Turn-Based Tactics$2,24532 launches priced, 51 releases in 12 months
- Tactical + Turn-Based Tactics$2,18357 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Turn-Based Tactics$2,084100 launches priced, 232 releases in 12 months
- Wargame + Turn-Based Tactics$1,92146 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
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