Turn-Based Combat + Party-Based RPG: a typical launch earns $2,144 in its first year

That is the median of 60 indie paid launches, 2024 Q4 to 2025 Q3. 7 of 115 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 13.5 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 11% on the year before: 78 against 70.

China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese

Price: $2,144
Price vs a year earlier: −55.8%
Releases, 12 months: 78
Upcoming games: 332
Games on the store: 741

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.

Turn-Based Combat + Party-Based RPG 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.	1.16%share of upcoming wishlist heat	0.37% to 1.87%	55 ranked of 332 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026	#201 of 7,193pairs on this board
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese Listed after unflagged rows on this board	0.60xhits against expected	0.41x to 0.94x	115 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old)	#6,296 of 6,324pairs on this board
Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches.	+32%player demand against new supply, relative to Steam	−1% to +78%	55 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025; releases 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 vs prior 12 months	#467 of 2,361pairs on this board
Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal.	+7%review growth against same-age games	−2% to +18%	55 tracked gamesJun 2026 to Aug 2026 vs Jun 2025 to Aug 2025	#446 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: 7
Expected: 13.5

Launches: 115
Hit rate: 6.1%2.7% to 14.7%
Expected rate: 11.8%
Against expected: 0.60x0.41x to 0.94x

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

115 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: $16
Median: $2,023
Top tenth: $57,475

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: 78
Prior 12 months: 70

Change: +11%
Against Steam: −18%after Steam-wide growth, shrunk by 5 releases

Parent tags

Turn-Based CombatNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Party-Based RPGGenre 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.

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