Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026

War + Strategy RPG: 8 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. 6 of 17 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 43% on the year before: 8 against 14.

Small sample

Price: n/a
Price vs a year earlier: n/a
Releases, 12 months: 8
Upcoming games: 21
Games on the store: 71

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.

War + Strategy 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.	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.

Hits: 6

Launches: 17
Hit rate: 35.3%19.8% to 50.0%
Expected rate: 20.0%

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

Revenue spread

17 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: $210
Median: $12,140
Top tenth: $942,055

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: 8
Prior 12 months: 14

Change: −43%

Parent tags

WarNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Strategy 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.

More with War

pairs with War

RTS + War$4,48634 launches priced, 38 releases in 12 months
War + Historical$4,39930 launches priced, 43 releases in 12 months
War + Turn-Based Tactics$4,30130 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
War + Turn-Based Strategy$3,84640 launches priced, 49 releases in 12 months
War + 2D$3,16035 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
Strategy + War$2,942102 launches priced, 126 releases in 12 months

Every pair with War

More with Strategy RPG

pairs with Strategy RPG

Fantasy + Strategy RPG$6,98232 launches priced, 52 releases in 12 months
Turn-Based Combat + Strategy RPG$3,13235 launches priced, 60 releases in 12 months
Strategy RPG + Tactical RPG$2,26889 launches priced, 134 releases in 12 months
Simulation + Strategy RPG$2,14240 launches priced, 106 releases in 12 months
Roguelike + Strategy RPG$1,60552 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
Party-Based RPG + Strategy RPG$1,01135 launches priced, 60 releases in 12 months

Every pair with Strategy RPG

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