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Should I ship an Action-Adventure MOBA?
MOBA + Action-Adventure
Only 7 developers shipped a paid Action-Adventure MOBA 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, Wild Assault, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 14 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $1.3k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,750) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,292) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 85% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 45%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 4,303 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
Wild Assault 2026 · $1.7M 
Mushroom Wars 2016 · $94k 
FMTC 2025 · $16k 
Never BreakUp 2022 · $3.8k 
Dream Fight Will 2023 · $2.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wild Assault | $14.99 | 3,861 68% | 116k | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,292) | Combat Cat Studio | |
| | Mushroom Wars | older | $9.99 | 312 77% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,506) | Zillion Whales, Creat Studios |
| | FMTC | $7.00 | 75 78% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $15,750) | FMTC | |
| | Never BreakUp | older | $8.99 | 14 35% | 420 | $3.8k (exactly $3,776) | ISVR北京互联星梦科技有限公司 |
| | Dream Fight Will | older | $7.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | 张亮002 |
 | Ambulance Chauffeur Simulator 2 | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | · |
 | 萌盟大冒险 Cute Adventure 可爱 射击 生存 shooter Survival 可愛いです 射撃です 生き残ります 冒険です Sopravvivere Süß. Feuer frei. Zu großes risiko? Überleben мил стреля Выживать приключен mignon Des coups de feu La prise de risque Survivre 귀 여운 사격 모험 생존하다 Giro. disparar aventura Sobrevivir 可愛 射擊 生存 冒險 adorabile spari avventura sopravvivere | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | xiaofeng |
 | Yeah Wow Hey | older | $5.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Electric Maverick Game |
 | Legendary Heroes | older | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Solaris Mobile |
 | Eternal War | older | $3.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | MaGames |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | Food Escape | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | E-G-G Innovations | |
 | GGO 枪战火线 | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 布工作室, Cloth Studio | |
 | Dragon and Phoenix | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | pengjianNiu | |
 | 十秒英雄1-Ten Seconds Hero1 | · EA | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 地星(D·☆) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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