Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026

Tactical: 488 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. 56 of 498 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 77% on the year before: 488 against 276.

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 488
Upcoming games: 1,279
Games on the store: 3,476

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.

Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.

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.

Hits: 56

Launches: 498
Hit rate: 11.2%10.1% to 17.2%
Expected rate: 8.8%

Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.

Revenue spread

498 launches

Estimated 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: $971
Top tenth: $120,224

Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 488
Prior 12 months: 276

Change: +77%

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The biggest indie games in this tag 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.

More with Tactical

pairs with Tactical

Tactical + Turn-Based Tactics$2,18357 launches priced, 109 releases in 12 months
Tactical + Turn-Based Strategy$2,18353 launches priced, 107 releases in 12 months
Tactical + 3D$1,06236 launches priced, 62 releases in 12 months
Tactical + Wargame$92731 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
Strategy + Tactical$607149 launches priced, 338 releases in 12 months
Action + Tactical$53646 launches priced, 107 releases in 12 months
Tactical + Real Time Tactics$30431 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
Tactical + 2D$11154 launches priced, 157 releases in 12 months
Casual + Tactical$4047 launches priced, 105 releases in 12 months
Simulation + Tacticalno price95 releases in 12 months
Tactical + Roguelikeno price67 releases in 12 months
Tactical + PvPno price66 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Tactical

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