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Should I ship a Level Editor Action RPG?
Action RPG + Level Editor
Only 8 developers shipped a Level Editor Action RPG in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Dustwind: Resistance, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,337) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $28,059) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 760% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Level Editor
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 27,614 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition 2016 · $16M 
Fight The Dragon 2014 · $298k 
Dustwind 2018 · $256k 
Isles of Adalar 2020 · EA · $80k 
Driftmoon 2014 · $39k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Titan Quest Anniversary Edition | older | $19.99 | 25,876 91% | 776k | $16M (exactly $15,517,837) | Iron Lore Entertainment, THQ Nordic |
| | Fight The Dragon | older | $9.99 | 993 78% | 30k | $298k (exactly $297,602) | 3 Sprockets |
| | Dustwind | older | $24.99 | 341 75% | 10k | $256k (exactly $255,648) | Dustwind Studios |
| | Isles of Adalar | · EA older | $19.99 | 134 46% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $80,360) | Peakway Software LLC |
| | Driftmoon | older | $13.99 | 92 89% | 2.8k | $39k (exactly $38,612) | Ville Mönkkönen, Anne Mönkkönen |
 | Dustwind: Resistance | $19.90 | 47 80% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,059) | Dustwind Studios, Z-Software | |
 | Into The Dark | older | $19.99 | 46 69% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Esenthel |
 | Cyberscape | $14.99 | 43 93% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $19,337) | AtomicTorch Studio | |
 | Tormentis | · EA older | $19.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | 4 Hands Games |
 | Super Dungeon Designer | · EA older | $14.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Squish Studios LLC |
 | Cryptr | $7.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | instructions unclear | |
 | Sword of Jade: Parallel Dreams | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | FyreWulff Software | |
 | Isles Above | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | UVW Game Studio |
 | Red Guest Biography | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | 程进 | |
 | Dungeon Gang | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hough Studio | |
 | Lugubrious | $39.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dingdang |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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