Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Twin Stick Shooter / Bullet Heaven
Twin Stick Shooter + Bullet Heaven: 24 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 18 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 200% on the year before: 24 against 8.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 24 8 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 42 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 96 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
| 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
- 18
- Hit rate
- 16.7%7.1% to 41.0%
- Expected rate
- 5.8%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
18 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
- $886
- Median
- $11,476
- Top tenth
- $259,209
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
- +200%
Parent tags
- Twin Stick ShooterGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Bullet HeavenGenre 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.
- Temtem: Swarm (opens the Steam store)2024 · 2,492 reviews, 77% positiveest. $630k
- KILL KNIGHT (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,816 reviews, 93% positiveest. $551k
- Genome Guardian 2 (opens the Steam store)2026 · 414 reviews, 95% positiveest. $134k
- Survivors of the Dawn (opens the Steam store)2023 · 697 reviews, 73% positiveest. $113k
- Entropy Survivors (opens the Steam store)2024 · 489 reviews, 80% positiveest. $99k
- Gigantes Ex Machina (opens the Steam store)2025 · 304 reviews, 83% positiveest. $92k
- The Horde Wants You Dead (opens the Steam store)2025 · 270 reviews, 64% positiveest. $55k
- Kritter: Defend Together (opens the Steam store)2026 · 111 reviews, 85% positiveest. $22k
Related niches
pairs with Twin Stick Shooter- Roguelike + Twin Stick Shooter$2,02135 launches priced, 45 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Twin Stick Shooter$1,91144 launches priced, 66 releases in 12 months
- Twin Stick Shooter + Bullet Hell$1,69964 launches priced, 104 releases in 12 months
- Twin Stick Shooter + Action Roguelike$1,63752 launches priced, 90 releases in 12 months
- Arcade + Twin Stick Shooter$1,01169 launches priced, 100 releases in 12 months
- Shoot 'Em Up + Twin Stick Shooter$1,01145 launches priced, 67 releases in 12 months
More with Bullet Heaven
pairs with Bullet Heaven- Roguelike + Bullet Heaven$17,70935 launches priced, 135 releases in 12 months
- Bullet Hell + Bullet Heaven$14,81455 launches priced, 178 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Bullet Heaven$12,77652 launches priced, 181 releases in 12 months
- Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven$10,41754 launches priced, 217 releases in 12 months
- Action + Bullet Heaven$6,31331 launches priced, 177 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Bullet Heavenno price106 releases in 12 months
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