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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + 2D Platformer
Of 55 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Real Time Tactics in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 60 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 28 developers shipped in the last year and 60 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $50,000) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 55 |
| Released games | 155 |
| Announced | 60 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 615% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Combat, Simulation
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 9 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,557 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 60 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Game Dev Story | older | $8.99 | 1,445 89% | 43k | $390k (exactly $389,716) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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