Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Party-Based RPG / Auto Battler
Party-Based RPG + Auto Battler: 31 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 22 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 138% on the year before: 31 against 13.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 31 13 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 84 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 150 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
- 22
- Hit rate
- 9.1%0.0% to 28.8%
- Expected rate
- 10.6%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
22 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
- $667
- Median
- $5,723
- Top tenth
- $83,724
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
- +138%
Parent tags
- Party-Based RPGGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Auto BattlerGenre 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.
- Master Healer Kale with useless party (opens the Steam store)2026 · 2,012 reviews, 95% positiveest. $203k
- Seer's Gambit (opens the Steam store)2024 · 490 reviews, 76% positiveest. $149k
- Botworld Odyssey (opens the Steam store)2024 · 283 reviews, 76% positiveest. $143k
- Legionbound (opens the Steam store)2026 · 688 reviews, 82% positiveest. $139k
- Bones and Coins (opens the Steam store)2026 · 714 reviews, 73% positiveest. $116k
- NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters (opens the Steam store)2024 · 358 reviews, 79% positiveest. $87k
- Underboard (opens the Steam store)2026 · 181 reviews, 74% positiveest. $55k
- Water Margin Scrolls (opens the Steam store)2026 · 244 reviews, 40% positiveest. $49k
More with Party-Based RPG
pairs with Party-Based RPG- Strategy + Party-Based RPG$3,88255 launches priced, 102 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + Party-Based RPG$2,26559 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
- Turn-Based Combat + Party-Based RPG$2,14460 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Party-Based RPG + Tactical RPG$2,02345 launches priced, 53 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Party-Based RPG$1,92246 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Party-Based RPG$1,36558 launches priced, 91 releases in 12 months
More with Auto Battler
pairs with Auto Battler- Deckbuilding + Auto Battler$8,45742 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Card Battler + Auto Battler$3,75930 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Roguelike + Auto Battler$3,39375 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- Card Game + Auto Battler$2,67141 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Auto Battler$1,81961 launches priced, 156 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Auto Battler$1,51640 launches priced, 148 releases in 12 months
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