Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Military / Immersive Sim
Military + Immersive Sim: 14 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 10 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 100% on the year before: 14 against 7.
- Small sample
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 14 7 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 35 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 117 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.
| 0.09%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.18% | 8 ranked of 35 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,783 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
- 10
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 46.3%
- Expected rate
- 15.9%
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
- $1,180
- Median
- $7,890
- Top tenth
- $56,257
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
- +100%
Parent tags
- MilitaryNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Immersive SimGenre 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.
- IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (opens the Steam store)2026 · 13,930 reviews, 97% positiveest. $5.3M
- Flyout (opens the Steam store)2023 · 2,148 reviews, 83% positiveest. $870k
- GERONIMO (opens the Steam store)2026 · 1,292 reviews, 81% positiveest. $523k
- Osta (opens the Steam store)2026 · 360 reviews, 88% positiveest. $102k
- Scourge Of War - Remastered (opens the Steam store)2024 · 172 reviews, 88% positiveest. $66k
- FIRE STATE (opens the Steam store)2026 · 308 reviews, 68% positiveest. $62k
- Military Logistics Simulator (opens the Steam store)2025 · 109 reviews, 17% positiveest. $55k
- Ship Explorer (opens the Steam store)2025 · 134 reviews, 84% positiveest. $54k
More with Military
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- Military + Wargame$1,21466 launches priced, 94 releases in 12 months
- First-Person + Military$97133 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
- Action + Military$80987 launches priced, 123 releases in 12 months
More with Immersive Sim
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- Capitalism + Immersive Sim$16,42037 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
- Multiplayer + Immersive Sim$15,00039 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
- Economy + Immersive Sim$14,95288 launches priced, 116 releases in 12 months
- Immersive Sim + Management$8,720136 launches priced, 195 releases in 12 months
- Building + Immersive Sim$7,64451 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
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