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Should I ship an Action RPG MOBA?
MOBA + Action RPG
Only 5 developers shipped a paid Action RPG MOBA 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, Shape of Dreams, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 24 more are announced, ×24 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $1.3k. 24 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $11,822,019) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 52%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, Action RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 15,976 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×24 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
Shape of Dreams 2025 · $12M 
War of Wizards 2022 · $84k 
Balance Breakers - A Battle Party Game 2019 · EA · $7.1k 
仙途 2024 · $4.5k 
WizardPunk 2023 · $3.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shape of Dreams | $24.99 | 15,769 89% | 473k | $12M (exactly $11,822,019) | Lizard Smoothie | |
| | War of Wizards | older | $19.99 | 140 70% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Arcane Miracle Entertainment |
| | Balance Breakers - A Battle Party Game | · EA older | $16.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $7.1k (exactly $7,136) | Gamestry Lab |
| | 仙途 | older | $29.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | Deep Cave |
| | WizardPunk | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | City Wizard Games |
 | Elemental World | older | $6.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | SoulGlen Games |
 | Dream Fight Will | older | $7.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | 张亮002 |
 | 萌盟大冒险 Cute Adventure 可爱 射击 生存 shooter Survival 可愛いです 射撃です 生き残ります 冒険です Sopravvivere Süß. Feuer frei. Zu großes risiko? Überleben мил стреля Выживать приключен mignon Des coups de feu La prise de risque Survivre 귀 여운 사격 모험 생존하다 Giro. disparar aventura Sobrevivir 可愛 射擊 生存 冒險 adorabile spari avventura sopravvivere | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | xiaofeng |
 | 修真元界 XiuZhen Metaverse | · EA older | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | 个人独立开发 |
 | Legendary Heroes | older | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Solaris Mobile |
 | MOBA Dodge Trainer | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | ZHOU JIANCHENG | |
 | poo poo war | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 张程 | |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | GGO 枪战火线 | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 布工作室, Cloth Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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