Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / RTS / Auto Battler
RTS + Auto Battler: 25 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 29 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 14% on the year before: 25 against 22.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 25 22 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 86 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 177 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
- 29
- Hit rate
- 6.9%0.0% to 22.3%
- Expected rate
- 7.2%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
29 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
- $0
- Median
- $1,699
- Top tenth
- $61,742
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
- +14%
Parent tags
- RTSGenre 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.
- Buggos 2 (opens the Steam store)2025 · 696 reviews, 83% positiveest. $282k
- There Are No Orcs (opens the Steam store)2025 · 1,195 reviews, 93% positiveest. $218k
- Operation: Polygon Storm (opens the Steam store)2024 · 233 reviews, 69% positiveest. $71k
- D.O.T. Defence (opens the Steam store)2025 · 196 reviews, 85% positiveest. $59k
- Kingdom Ascension (opens the Steam store)2025 · 201 reviews, 82% positiveest. $49k
- Loopstructor (opens the Steam store)2024 · 344 reviews, 81% positiveest. $49k
- Becoming Saint (opens the Steam store)2025 · 134 reviews, 64% positiveest. $41k
- Red Rocket Defencism (opens the Steam store)2026 · 197 reviews, 97% positiveest. $32k
More with RTS
pairs with RTS- RTS + Base Building$13,91454 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- RTS + War$4,48634 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
- RTS + Wargame$3,54550 launches priced, 91 releases in 12 months
- RTS + Roguelite$3,51736 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
- Building + RTS$3,03535 launches priced, 34 releases in 12 months
- RTS + Roguelike$3,03133 launches priced, 40 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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