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Should I ship an Action Roguelike Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Action Roguelike
Of 57 developers who shipped an Action Roguelike Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 86 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $89; 1 in 20 cleared $81k, ×129 the market median. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 86 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $81,287) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 57 |
| Released games | 109 |
| Announced | 86 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 125% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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
- Turn-Based Tactics, Action Roguelike; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Roguelite, Strategy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 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 $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,703 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 86 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate 2022 · $1.8M 
下一站江湖Ⅰ 2021 · $348k 
Enter the Chronosphere 2026 · EA · $189k 
Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) 2019 · $187k 
EcoGnomix 2024 · $130k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate | older | $9.99 | 5,918 92% | 178k | $1.8M (exactly $1,773,625) | PUNKCAKE Delicieux |
| | 下一站江湖Ⅰ | older | $19.99 | 581 72% | 17k | $348k (exactly $348,426) | 白玉京工作室 |
| | Enter the Chronosphere | · EA | $14.99 | 420 94% | 13k | $189k (exactly $188,874) | Effort Star |
| | Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) | older | $24.99 | 250 70% | 7.5k | $187k (exactly $187,425) | Auroch Digital |
| | EcoGnomix | $19.99 | 216 74% | 6.5k | $130k (exactly $129,535) | Irox Games | |
 | The Land Beneath Us | older | $14.99 | 230 79% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $103,431) | FairPlay Studios |
 | Rack and Slay | older | $5.99 | 516 91% | 15k | $93k (exactly $92,725) | Ludokultur |
 | Little Witch Survivors | $4.99 | 543 87% | 16k | $81k (exactly $81,287) | 四月二酱 | |
 | Desta: The Memories Between | older | $16.99 | 124 78% | 3.7k | $63k (exactly $63,203) | ustwo games |
 | Shana - Priestess of Tona | $9.99 | 190 74% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Lustration Team | |
 | Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG] | · EA | $19.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Juggler Games, Nakayama Games |
 | Clock Rogue | $4.99 | 113 99% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,916) | MONO ENTERTAINMENT | |
 | Sigilfarer: A Dice-Rolling Roguelite | $11.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $12k (exactly $11,870) | Viabo Games | |
 | 100FRIENDS | $9.99 | 32 87% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | TWIN PIXELS | |
 | DeAnima | $9.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Steelgaze Studio | |
 | Coinsweeper | $4.99 | 43 86% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Duo Forge Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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