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Roguelike

Accelerating

+62% new releases YoY · wishlist trend +81%

3,261 Steam games evaluated

Overview Movers Audience Sentiment Markets Launch Summary

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When & how Roguelike launches

Which months the genre actually ships in, how the sales curve plays out after launch, the wishlist-to-sale ratios you can plan a forecast around, and what's already on the calendar ahead — read across every game in the cohort.

Timing & curve shape

When releases land, and what the first weeks look like

The months the genre actually ships in, and the typical day-one through month-one shape relative to lifetime sales.

Release seasonality

1260 games, 3y

Cohort releases per calendar month over the last 3 years. Tall bars = crowded launch windows.

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Crowded

Mar (136) · Jul (132) · Apr (129) · Jun (122)

Open windows

Sep (82) · Jan (84) · Dec (84) · Aug (87)

Launch-curve shape

Balanced

Median estimated owners at D1 / D7 / D30 / D90 / D365 across cohort games released ≤ 1 year ago.

D1

D7

D30

D90

D365

20

n=746

50

n=770

110

n=767

172

n=698

284

n=402

Sales spread through year 1 — sustainable post-launch cadence pays off.

Wishlist conversion

From wishlist to purchase

How much of the wishlist pile actually converts — at launch, in the first month, and over the long tail. Use it to size your own funnel.

Wishlist → sale conversion

245 games launched 30-180d ago

Median ratio of owners-at-D30 to wishlists-at-launch. Use it to forecast realistic D30 sales: expected owners ≈ your wishlists × this %.

All tiersP25 6%Median 19%P75 44%n=245

Tier 1-2 · Hit + StrongP25 48%Median 92%P75 123%n=10

Tier 3-4 · Mid + EmergingP25 11%Median 33%P75 55%n=36

Tier 5-6 · Visible + Long-tailP25 5%Median 18%P75 39%n=199

Wishlist-at-launch is proxied by the closest snapshot within ±7 days of release; D30 owners by snapshots in the 25–45-day window post-launch. Small-sample bands are noisier than usual.

Coming up

Who's launching next

Confirmed releases in the genre over the months ahead. Watch out for clusters around your own planned window — they shape both the competition and the platform attention you'll get.

Roguelike launch calendar

40 upcoming · 12-month window

Games tagged roguelike marked “coming soon” with confirmed dates. Wishlist totals stand in for pre-release hype — watch crowded windows when planning your own date.

Game

Release date

When

Wishlists

August 2026 · 22

Echoes of Mystralia

Borealys Games

Lootbound

ArtDock

Stonewards

Banana Tiger Studio

Slayblade

Henry's House, Oscar Brittain

Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns

Black Tower Basement

Rogue Eclipse

HUSKRAFTS

Swordcery

Temple Door Games

Russian Survivors

Russian Survivor

The Severed Gods

Topebox

PengPong

SANDY FLOOR

Ironsand

Renderise

Deadlock Station

Luxorix Games

Grim Trials

Glory Jam

Tower Lab

Play Tug Studio

Flock of the Seraphim

GuuchanDev

Exark

Robot Cat Limited

Zad Archery

Samharia Studios

Ultrapool

Icedrop Games

The Carcass

PiqFocus Interactive

Tridan

HRUST

DreamEcho

HotWaterStudio

Ricochet Abyss

DreamForge

September 2026 · 14

Wind Runners

Ludic Studios

Futa Slug EX

FutaCORE Studio

RIG Riot

Sage Boatman

The Loopler

Mheep

Sigilfarer: A Dice-Rolling Roguelite

Viabo Games

Rogue Blight

CodeRadGames

Roguecraft DX

Badger Punch Games

Forsworn

Resummon Studios LLC

Dungeon Brawls

Underground Cat

Iron Frontier

Bibamus

Grail

Sokpop Collective

Duo Quest

1+1 Studios

Fracture Point

Kyrylo Burlaka

Dread Admiral

Tescrin Games

November 2026 · 3

Wielders of the Essence

Lavapotion

CRYMELIGHT

FURYU CORPORATION

Parry Survivor

Seal

January 2027 · 1

Crash and Conquer

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