Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

Tactical + Turn-Based Strategy: a typical launch earns $2,183 in its first year

That is the median of 53 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 16 of 104 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 14.0 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 47% on the year before: 107 against 73.

Price: $2,183
Price vs a year earlier: +2.8%
Releases, 12 months: 107
Upcoming games: 257
Games on the store: 784

Boards

as of 30 Sep 2026

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

Tactical + Turn-Based Strategy on each board
Board	Value	Interval	Sample	Standing
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.	0.16%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.09% to 0.27%	18 ranked of 257 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#1,266 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.	1.12xhits against expected	0.82x to 1.53x	104 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#2,103 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. One game dominates the figure	−6%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	−31% to +21%	45 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#1,621 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. One game dominates the figure Listed after unflagged rows on this board	0%review growth against same-age games	−10% to +15%	45 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#1,981 of 2,461pairs on this board

Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.

Launch success

launches 6 to 30 months old

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: 16
Expected: 14.0

Launches: 104
Hit rate: 16.2%7.5% to 26.1%
Expected rate: 13.4%
Against expected: 1.12x0.82x to 1.53x

Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.

Revenue spread

105 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: $2,183
Top tenth: $251,896

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

Supply

raw release counts

Games released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.

Last 12 months: 107
Prior 12 months: 73

Change: +47%
Against Steam: +6%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

TacticalNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Turn-Based StrategyGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.

Comparable games

8 indie titles

The 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.

More with Tactical

pairs with Tactical

Tactical + Turn-Based Tactics$2,18357 launches priced, 109 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

Every pair with Tactical

More with Turn-Based Strategy

pairs with Turn-Based Strategy

Turn-Based Strategy + Story Rich$8,09741 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
Turn-Based Strategy + Roguelike Deckbuilder$7,14342 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
Turn-Based + Turn-Based Strategy$5,79134 launches priced, 60 releases in 12 months
Turn-Based Strategy + Historical$4,04836 launches priced, 59 releases in 12 months
War + Turn-Based Strategy$3,84640 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
Turn-Based Strategy + Deckbuilding$3,05388 launches priced, 169 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Turn-Based Strategy

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