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Should I ship a Real-Time Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Real-Time
Only 4 developers shipped a Real-Time Action-Adventure in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: 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.. 8 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.6k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) |
| Top 25% | $46k (exactly $45,595) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,213,257) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Real-Time
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Real-Time
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,748 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 8 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
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- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Gord 2023 · $1.2M 
Vaporum 2017 · $599k 
Giants: Citizen Kabuto 2016 · $119k 
Sin and Love 2025 · $104k 
The Keep 2017 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gord | older | $49.99 | 809 53% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,213,257) | Covenant.dev |
| | Vaporum | older | $19.99 | 998 84% | 30k | $599k (exactly $598,501) | Fatbot Games, s. r. o. |
| | Giants: Citizen Kabuto | older | $19.99 | 198 94% | 5.9k | $119k (exactly $118,741) | Planet Moon Studios |
| | Sin and Love | $14.99 | 232 65% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | XingCaiStudio | |
| | The Keep | older | $14.99 | 102 79% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | CINEMAX GAMES |
 | The Excrawlers | older | $12.99 | 117 87% | 3.5k | $46k (exactly $45,595) | Game Dynasty |
 | Cavity Busters | older | $14.99 | 95 95% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | SpaceMyFriend, Ben Ridge |
 | Driftmoon | older | $13.99 | 92 89% | 2.8k | $39k (exactly $38,612) | Ville Mönkkönen, Anne Mönkkönen |
 | Intergalactic Ecstasy | older | $14.99 | 60 86% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | HFTGames |
 | Skeletal Dance Party | older | $8.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | Catalope Games, No Studio in Particular |
 | Fall Of The MS Estonia | $9.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Interactive Gaming Studios | |
 | Marble Quest | · EA | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Wolf Developer, ReelablePenny14 |
 | Yagazem Elements | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | CirilXD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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