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Should I ship a Turn-Based Tactics Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Turn-Based Tactics
Of 63 developers who shipped a Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 117 more are announced, ×3.5 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 $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 33 developers shipped in the last year and 117 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $23,486) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 196 |
| Announced | 117 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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 Tactics
- 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 Tactics; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.95 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.95 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,471 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 117 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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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
Miasma Chronicles 2023 · $2.1M 
SteamWorld Heist II 2024 · $2.0M 
Arco 2024 · $1.3M 
Broken Lines 2020 · $453k 
Chains of Freedom 2025 · $390k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Broken Lines | older | $24.99 | 604 76% | 18k | $453k (exactly $452,819) | BirdIsland/PortaPlay |
| | 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 |
 | Police Shootout | older | $14.99 | 449 55% | 13k | $202k (exactly $201,915) | Games Incubator, Hypnotic Ants |
 | The DeLuca Family - Season 1 | older | $15.99 | 301 75% | 9.0k | $144k (exactly $144,390) | MemoGaming |
 | Kaiju Wars | older | $19.99 | 229 76% | 6.9k | $137k (exactly $137,331) | Foolish Mortals Games, Michael Long |
 | Little Witch Survivors | $4.99 | 543 87% | 16k | $81k (exactly $81,287) | 四月二酱 | |
 | The Fortress | $6.99 | 151 68% | 4.5k | $32k (exactly $31,665) | Baryonyx Games | |
 | Aquilon's Sex Quest | $6.99 | 112 70% | 3.4k | $23k (exactly $23,486) | Aquilon | |
 | Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG | $9.99 | 42 76% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | GameDevJoey | |
 | 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) | |
 | Paws and Whiskers | $8.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) | JohnHang | |
 | Void Scout | $11.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Adversity Games Ltd. | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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