Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Turn-Based Strategy / Choose Your Own Adventure
Turn-Based Strategy + Choose Your Own Adventure: 23 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. 0 of 16 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 64% on the year before: 23 against 14.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 23 14 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 69 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 141 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 0.03% | 5 ranked of 69 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #3,291 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
- 16
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 4.8%
- Expected rate
- 7.0%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
16 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
- $910
- Top tenth
- $14,164
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
- +64%
Parent tags
- Turn-Based StrategyGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Choose Your Own AdventureGenre 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.
- Spear Song (opens the Steam store)2024 · 170 reviews, 88% positiveest. $52k
- RLLL: Tower of Choices (opens the Steam store)2026 · 78 reviews, 71% positiveest. $16k
- Missile Command Delta (opens the Steam store)2025 · 31 reviews, 83% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- The Mythical City 3 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 10 reviews, 100% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Roots of Harmony (opens the Steam store)2024 · 22 reviews, 100% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Time Glitch (opens the Steam store)2024 · 46 reviews, 95% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Boundless AI Fantasy (opens the Steam store)2026 · 12 reviews, 66% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- HeroInc (opens the Steam store)2026 · 11 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1k to $10k
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Related niches
pairs with Choose Your Own Adventure- Choose Your Own Adventure + Romance$3,13658 launches priced, 86 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Dating Sim$3,11675 launches priced, 85 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Character Customization$2,97334 launches priced, 26 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Mystery$2,91649 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
- Psychological Horror + Choose Your Own Adventure$2,54534 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Choose Your Own Adventure$2,180127 launches priced, 197 releases in 12 months
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