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Should I ship a Turn-Based Strategy Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Turn-Based Strategy
Of 50 developers who shipped a Turn-Based Strategy 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.. 92 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 28 developers shipped in the last year and 92 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $15,290) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 50 |
| Released games | 171 |
| Announced | 92 |
| 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 115% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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 Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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 Strategy; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Adventure, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.95 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.95 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 798 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 32 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 92 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Crown Trick 2020 · $2.7M 
Miasma Chronicles 2023 · $2.1M 
SteamWorld Heist II 2024 · $2.0M 
Arco 2024 · $1.3M 
Worldless 2023 · $934k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crown Trick | older | $19.99 | 4,509 85% | 135k | $2.7M (exactly $2,704,047) | NEXT Studios |
| | Miasma Chronicles | older | $34.99 | 2,013 79% | 60k | $2.1M (exactly $2,113,046) | The Bearded Ladies |
| | SteamWorld Heist II | older | $29.99 | 2,201 93% | 66k | $2.0M (exactly $1,980,240) | Thunderful Development |
| | 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 |
 | We Are The Dwarves | older | $14.99 | 1,072 75% | 32k | $482k (exactly $482,078) | Whale Rock Games |
 | Chains of Freedom | $24.99 | 520 80% | 16k | $390k (exactly $389,844) | Nordcurrent | |
 | Iron Danger | older | $19.99 | 544 73% | 16k | $326k (exactly $326,237) | Action Squad Studios |
 | Jagged Alliance: Rage! | older | $19.99 | 387 49% | 12k | $232k (exactly $232,084) | Cliffhanger Productions |
 | Mary Skelter 2 | older | $34.99 | 198 74% | 5.9k | $208k (exactly $207,841) | Idea Factory |
 | Claws & Chaos | $5.99 | 95 60% | 2.9k | $17k (exactly $17,072) | Parhelion Studio | |
 | Eye of the Commando | · EA | $14.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Adventurepro Games LLC |
 | High Frontier 4 All | $19.99 | 17 17% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Johan Brandt, Stewart Wan, Erik Lund, N… (Johan Brandt, Stewart Wan, Erik Lund, Nicolas Mondino, Theo Sandén, Leonard Wahlund, Alexander Wahrenstedt, Carl Nordholm, Erico Pizarro Gutierrez, Natdanai Puthom, Olivia Bernardsson, Dag Petersen, Sam Abou-Gabal, Pablo Schmidt, Spilios Kehagias, Aphiwit Lekphet, Zongying Liu, Markus Vikmanis, Kamila Kuzmiuk, Edvin Skogsholm Sanne, Janina Carvajal Ibacache, Adam Kallberg, Ricky Truong, Carl Forden, Robin Christopher Öhman Tejre, Malte Gundhus, Mathias Novakovic, Christopher Vedlund, Ivo Öjhage, Benjamin Grissom, Linus Granskog) | |
 | EagleRoad:WorldRise | $9.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | XuJie | |
 | Augmented Empire | $7.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Coatsink | |
 | Bastionforge | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames | $3.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | LAN - GAMES LTD | |
 | Guild of Hunters | $8.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Sunny Horizon Game Studio | |
 | Trial of Ariah | $11.95 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,302) | 30 Minute Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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