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Should I ship a Turn-Based Combat Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Turn-Based Combat
Of 92 developers who shipped a Turn-Based Combat Action-Adventure 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.. 142 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 56 developers shipped in the last year and 142 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $81,287) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 92 |
| Released games | 285 |
| Announced | 142 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Turn-Based Combat; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 4,961 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 49 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 142 games are announced against 56 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2024 · $34M 
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 2024 · $4.7M 
ONE PIECE ODYSSEY 2023 · $3.0M 
Crown Trick 2020 · $2.7M 
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2023 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | older | $69.99 | 16,339 90% | 490k | $34M (exactly $34,306,998) | RGG Studio |
| | Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes | older | $49.99 | 3,164 75% | 95k | $4.7M (exactly $4,745,051) | Rabbit & Bear Studios |
| | ONE PIECE ODYSSEY | older | $39.99 | 2,502 78% | 75k | $3.0M (exactly $3,001,649) | ILCA, Inc. |
| | Crown Trick | older | $19.99 | 4,509 85% | 135k | $2.7M (exactly $2,704,047) | NEXT Studios |
| | The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak | older | $59.99 | 1,172 91% | 35k | $2.1M (exactly $2,109,248) | Nihon Falcom, PH3 GmbH |
 | Arco | older | $19.99 | 2,185 96% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,310,344) | Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer |
 | Worldless | older | $19.99 | 1,558 94% | 47k | $934k (exactly $934,333) | Noname Studios |
 | LumenTale: Memories of Trey | $24.99 | 1,130 70% | 34k | $847k (exactly $847,161) | Beehive Studios | |
 | Demon Lord: Just a Block | $12.99 | 2,065 96% | 62k | $805k (exactly $804,730) | YuWave | |
 | Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion | older | $24.99 | 944 91% | 28k | $708k (exactly $707,717) | Climax Studios |
 | Chains of Freedom | $24.99 | 520 80% | 16k | $390k (exactly $389,844) | Nordcurrent | |
 | Blood Crawler | $12.99 | 279 76% | 8.4k | $109k (exactly $108,726) | c3アート | |
 | Little Witch Survivors | $4.99 | 543 87% | 16k | $81k (exactly $81,287) | 四月二酱 | |
 | Dreamed Away | $18.99 | 59 91% | 1.8k | $34k (exactly $33,612) | WAKE UP GAMES | |
 | The Fortress | $6.99 | 151 68% | 4.5k | $32k (exactly $31,665) | Baryonyx Games | |
 | Echo Generation 2 | $24.99 | 41 73% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Cococucumber | |
 | Ataegina Act I | $11.99 | 83 92% | 2.5k | $30k (exactly $29,855) | Kthulian | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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