Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Hack and Slash / Survival Horror
Hack and Slash + Survival Horror: 5 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 10 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases held level on the year before: 5 against 5.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 5 5 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 13 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 41 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. | 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
- 10
- Hit rate
- 20.0%0.0% to 54.7%
- Expected rate
- 12.4%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
10 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
- $73
- Median
- $1,923
- Top tenth
- $139,182
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
- Hack and SlashGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Survival HorrorGenre 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.
- The Bleakest Keep (opens the Steam store)2025 · 722 reviews, 90% positiveest. $146k
- Tower of Kalemonvo (opens the Steam store)2025 · 456 reviews, 83% positiveest. $138k
- Pitty Meaty (opens the Steam store)2024 · 118 reviews, 81% positiveest. $72k
- Chamber Survival (opens the Steam store)2024 · 11 reviews, 27% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Nekurogahara: Ronin Psyche (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4 reviews, 75% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Drealegy (opens the Steam store)2024 · 14 reviews, 64% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Hunted Within: The Walls (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Penelope Syndrome (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
Related niches
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- Hack and Slash + Roguelite$1,870112 launches priced, 172 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Roguelike$1,870102 launches priced, 145 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + Action Roguelike$1,514157 launches priced, 227 releases in 12 months
More with Survival Horror
pairs with Survival Horror- Co-op + Survival Horror$5,09540 launches priced, 60 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + Survival Horror$4,34762 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Survival Horror$2,87060 launches priced, 95 releases in 12 months
- Survival Horror + Supernatural$2,54732 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
- Multiplayer + Survival Horror$2,12251 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
- Survival Horror + Walking Simulator$1,33358 launches priced, 74 releases in 12 months
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