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Should I ship a Tactical RPG 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Tactical RPG
Only 7 developers shipped a Tactical RPG 3D Fighter in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Rise of a Legend, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $1.5k. 21 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) |
| Top 5% | $26k (exactly $26,445) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 down 95% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 243 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 21 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ManagementFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureLong shot
- + RhythmLong shot
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Rise of a Legend 2024 · EA · $26k 
Magicians And Monsters 2022 · $12k 
Fairspace 2015 · $7.6k 
GunFu Fighter 2023 · $4.3k 
God Within VR 2024 · EA · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rise of a Legend | · EA | $17.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $26k (exactly $26,445) | Masquarade, Nicholas St. Germain |
| | Magicians And Monsters | older | $5.99 | 68 64% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $12,220) | 呜噜噜游戏 |
| | Fairspace | older | $8.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) | Sub Orbital Software |
| | GunFu Fighter | older | $4.99 | 29 68% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | ZHANG FAN |
| | God Within VR | · EA older | $8.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | S.Y. Games |
 | RPG: Squad battle | older | $4.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | Bastion of Valor | · EA | $11.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Badger Game Studios |
 | Master Knight | $3.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | DIG Games | |
 | ball heroes | · EA older | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Chengdu Haowanyou Technologies Co., Ltd |
 | Embers Off | older | $4.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | IfThenElse Digital |
 | ChessBoxing Championship | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | MysticOakGames | |
 | Weapon Skills | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Daniel Vaněk, Filip Přemysl Denemark | |
 | Enlil: Rise Of the End | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HAPPYTECH |
 | Sword World VR | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chubby Knight Workshop |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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