Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Local Co-Op + Combat: 13 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. 0 of 18 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 30% on the year before: 13 against 10.

Small sample

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 13
Upcoming games: 27
Games on the store: 86

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Local Co-Op + Combat on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. One game dominates the figure China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese Listed after unflagged rows on this board	0.05%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.02% to 0.11%	7 ranked of 27 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#6,249 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.

Hits: 0

Launches: 18
Hit rate: 0.0%0.0% to 10.7%
Expected rate: 7.3%

Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

18 launches

Estimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.

Bottom tenth: $57
Median: $2,629
Top tenth: $15,423

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 13
Prior 12 months: 10

Change: +30%

Parent tags

Local Co-OpNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
CombatNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

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Every pair with Local Co-Op

More with Combat

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Hack and Slash + Combat$80946 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
Combat + Beat 'em up$80933 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
RPG + Combat$76896 launches priced, 139 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Combat

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