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Should I ship a Superhero Action RPG?
Action RPG + Superhero
Only 7 developers shipped a Superhero 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, Lost Soul Aside™, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×9.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $1.5k. 27 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 5% | $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 15% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $59.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 21,590 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different setting or mood, 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
Gotham Knights 2022 · $28M 
Lost Soul Aside™ 2025 · $2.4M 
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood 2022 · $1.3M 
9 Days 2024 · $988k 
Fallen Hero: Retribution 2023 · $149k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gotham Knights | older | $59.99 | 15,688 68% | 471k | $28M (exactly $28,233,694) | Warner Bros. Games Montréal, QLOC |
| | Lost Soul Aside™ | $59.99 | 1,307 59% | 39k | $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208) | Ultizero Games | |
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood | older | $29.99 | 1,463 69% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,316,261) | Cyanide Studio |
| | 9 Days | older | $14.99 | 2,198 72% | 66k | $988k (exactly $988,441) | MVR |
| | Fallen Hero: Retribution | older | $11.99 | 415 97% | 12k | $149k (exactly $149,276) | Hosted Games |
 | Dusk Diver 2 | older | $49.99 | 75 88% | 2.3k | $112k (exactly $112,478) | Wanin International |
 | Solas City Heroes | older | $19.99 | 179 88% | 5.4k | $107k (exactly $107,346) | Skyflare Studios, MrZGames |
 | Widow in the Endless Labyrinth | older | $14.99 | 133 78% | 4.0k | $60k (exactly $59,810) | Hajime Doujin Circle |
 | Apex Heroines | older | $19.99 | 91 87% | 2.7k | $55k (exactly $54,573) | XIAOXIAO STUDIO |
 | Turbo Chicken Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Balkanware |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | Redneck Brawl Turbo | $12.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Kolossus Games | |
 | Lone Warrior's Fist | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | CreatiCell Games | |
 | Lucky Pikinini - Advanced Killer Cyborg | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Lucky Pikinini | |
 | Super Chroma Bots : SEASON ONE | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NecroCatic Games | |
 | Enlil: Rise Of the End | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HAPPYTECH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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