Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Strategy + Mythology: 40 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. 3 of 27 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 300% on the year before: 40 against 10.
- Small sample
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 40 10 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 113 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 265 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. | 0.02%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.02% to 0.04% | 9 ranked of 113 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #3,297 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
- 27
- Hit rate
- 11.1%3.6% to 20.0%
- Expected rate
- 6.1%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
27 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
- $809
- Top tenth
- $68,076
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
- +300%
Parent tags
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.
- Ascension (opens the Steam store)2025 · 2,441 reviews, 60% positiveest. $582k
- Spirit Realm (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,398 reviews, 75% positiveest. $283k
- Builders of Greece (opens the Steam store)2024 · 547 reviews, 53% positiveest. $221k
- 道衍诀 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 988 reviews, 49% positiveest. $132k
- Pandora's Toybox (opens the Steam store)2026 · 376 reviews, 83% positiveest. $76k
- CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes (opens the Steam store)2026 · 249 reviews, 89% positiveest. $76k
- Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists (opens the Steam store)2026 · 107 reviews, 84% positiveest. $54k
- Guardians of Dao (opens the Steam store)2026 · 63 reviews, 74% positiveest. $26k
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- Strategy + Story Rich$3,64284 launches priced, 149 releases in 12 months
More with Mythology
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- Action + Mythology$95032 launches priced, 34 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Mythologyno price42 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Mythologyno price40 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Mythologyno price31 releases in 12 months
- Fantasy + Mythologyno price26 releases in 12 months
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