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Should I ship a Space Sim Action RPG?
Action RPG + Space Sim
Only 15 developers shipped a Space Sim 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, Planet Lust, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 5% | $151k (exactly $150,650) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Space Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 77% positive over 436 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
Starfield 2023 · $173M 
Avorion 2020 · $9.7M 
Starcom: Unknown Space 2024 · $3.3M 
Star Valor 2022 · $2.5M 
Between the Stars 2024 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Starfield | older | $49.99 | 115,202 58% | 3.5M | $173M (exactly $172,768,439) | Bethesda Game Studios |
| | Avorion | older | $24.99 | 13,001 90% | 390k | $9.7M (exactly $9,746,850) | Boxelware |
| | Starcom: Unknown Space | older | $24.99 | 4,464 92% | 134k | $3.3M (exactly $3,346,661) | Wx3 Labs, LLC |
| | Star Valor | older | $24.99 | 3,272 88% | 98k | $2.5M (exactly $2,453,018) | Rafael Burgos |
| | Between the Stars | older | $29.99 | 1,965 75% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,910) | Isolated Games |
 | Starcom: Nexus | older | $19.99 | 2,272 90% | 68k | $1.4M (exactly $1,362,518) | Wx3 Labs, LLC |
 | Starpoint Gemini 3 | older | $29.99 | 759 49% | 23k | $683k (exactly $682,872) | Little Green Men Games |
 | Planet Lust | $14.99 | 335 76% | 10k | $151k (exactly $150,650) | Skullgear | |
 | Landinar: Into the Void | older | $19.99 | 234 55% | 7.0k | $140k (exactly $140,330) | Convoy Games |
 | Gaia Beyond | older | $14.99 | 240 73% | 7.2k | $108k (exactly $107,928) | Warp Turtle |
 | Surviving Mars: Pioneer | $24.99 | 78 83% | 2.3k | $58k (exactly $58,477) | Bolverk Games | |
 | Starfield Battlegrounds | $6.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | 谭浩翔 | |
 | Ore Bastards | · EA | $8.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | INDIELLIGENT |
 | Gravity Break | · EA | $13.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $839 (exactly $839) | bakspace interactive, Kristian Bak, Dan… (bakspace interactive, Kristian Bak, Daniel Clifton, Nanna Fjord) |
 | Only Up To Space | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Mascot Bro Studio, PixelHixel Games | |
 | Galactic Warship | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Box of Tricks Entertainment |
 | Journey to Earth | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Digital Kingdom | |
 | AstroMart Adventures | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Prime Rendering |
 | You Belong in the Stars | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Yambi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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