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Should I ship an Action Roguelike Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Action Roguelike
Of 64 developers who shipped an Action Roguelike Strategy RPG 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.. 99 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×203 the market median. Revenue is up 350% on the market; 99 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) |
| Top 25% | $9.9k (exactly $9,884) |
| Top 5% | $128k (exactly $127,715) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 64 |
| Released games | 128 |
| Announced | 99 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 350% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG, Action Roguelike; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, RPG, Strategy
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 17,251 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 99 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SwordplayFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Magicraft 2024 · $7.2M 
HighFleet 2021 · $6.3M 
Aces & Adventures 2023 · $1.3M 
Rogue Lords 2021 · $1.1M 
EdgeOfTheAbyssAwaken 2022 · $309k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Magicraft | $15.99 | 15,051 92% | 452k | $7.2M (exactly $7,219,965) | Wave Games | |
| | HighFleet | older | $29.99 | 7,024 88% | 211k | $6.3M (exactly $6,319,493) | Konstantin Koshutin |
| | Aces & Adventures | older | $19.99 | 2,220 89% | 67k | $1.3M (exactly $1,331,334) | Triple.B.Titles |
| | Rogue Lords | older | $24.99 | 1,442 71% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,067) | Leikir Studio, Cyanide Studio |
| | EdgeOfTheAbyssAwaken | older | $18.99 | 542 67% | 16k | $309k (exactly $308,777) | TrinityBJ |
 | Guidus Zero | $14.99 | 609 75% | 18k | $274k (exactly $273,867) | izzle | |
 | Roundguard | older | $19.99 | 449 80% | 13k | $269k (exactly $269,265) | Wonderbelly Games |
 | SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition | older | $7.99 | 1,023 92% | 31k | $245k (exactly $245,213) | Black Shell Media |
 | Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) | older | $24.99 | 250 70% | 7.5k | $187k (exactly $187,425) | Auroch Digital |
 | DreamEcho | $11.99 | 369 79% | 11k | $133k (exactly $132,729) | HotWaterStudio | |
 | 生嚿叉燒好過生你 | $14.99 | 284 88% | 8.5k | $128k (exactly $127,715) | 無厘頭遊戲工作室 | |
 | Golden Swirl | $19.99 | 149 92% | 4.5k | $89k (exactly $89,355) | Snako Production | |
 | Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG] | · EA | $19.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Juggler Games, Nakayama Games |
 | Siegeturtle | $4.99 | 254 86% | 7.6k | $38k (exactly $38,024) | YYZ Studio | |
 | Evolve or Die | $4.99 | 252 98% | 7.6k | $38k (exactly $37,724) | Seal | |
 | Chrysalis | $9.99 | 118 84% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,365) | Metamorph Games | |
 | Ricochet Abyss | · EA | $12.99 | 78 75% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $30,397) | DreamForge |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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