Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Puzzle / Battle Royale
Puzzle + Battle Royale: 8 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 rose 33% on the year before: 8 against 6.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 8 6 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 15 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 44 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 41.7%
- Expected rate
- 3.8%
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
- $145
- Median
- $2,932
- Top tenth
- $118,505
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
- PuzzleGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Battle RoyaleGenre 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.
- SUPER BOMBERMAN COLLECTION (opens the Steam store)2026 · 304 reviews, 87% positiveest. $123k
- The Joker's Game (opens the Steam store)2025 · 486 reviews, 82% positiveest. $118k
- Five Nights: No Escape (opens the Steam store)2023 · 33 reviews, 66% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- 烧尾宴 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 52 reviews, 75% positiveest. $5.2k
- Idiom Royale (opens the Steam store)2026 · 91 reviews, 63% positiveest. $3.7k
- Final Word Royale (opens the Steam store)2026 · 30 reviews, 60% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- CipherMind (opens the Steam store)2026 · 18 reviews, 77% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Summoner's Automata (opens the Steam store)2025 · 14 reviews, 85% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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- Puzzle + Visual Novel$2,10397 launches priced, 167 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Story Rich$2,000292 launches priced, 408 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Co-op$1,92037 launches priced, 77 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Dark Humor$1,87830 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
More with Battle Royale
pairs with Battle Royale- Action + Battle Royale$31250 launches priced, 79 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Battle Royale$20237 launches priced, 42 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Battle Royale$18232 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
- PvP + Battle Royaleno price50 releases in 12 months
- Multiplayer + Battle Royaleno price33 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Battle Royaleno price27 releases in 12 months
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