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Should I ship a Trading Action RPG?
Action RPG + Trading
Only 13 developers shipped a Trading 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, SpiritVale, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 66 more are announced, ×9.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×1427 the market median. Revenue is up 45205% on the market; 66 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) |
| Top 25% | $232k (exactly $232,495) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,138,324) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 66 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 45205% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, 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
- Trading
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Trading
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 58% positive over 6,742 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 66 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + 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
Avorion 2020 · $9.7M 
SpiritVale 2026 · EA · $2.1M 
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 2023 · $1.5M 
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection 2026 · $788k 
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2 2023 · $625k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Avorion | older | $24.99 | 13,001 90% | 390k | $9.7M (exactly $9,746,850) | Boxelware |
| | SpiritVale | · EA | $14.99 | 4,755 48% | 143k | $2.1M (exactly $2,138,324) | Baikun Interactive |
| | Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 | older | $39.99 | 1,290 87% | 39k | $1.5M (exactly $1,547,613) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection | $39.99 | 657 96% | 20k | $788k (exactly $788,203) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2 | older | $39.99 | 521 87% | 16k | $625k (exactly $625,044) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
 | Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates | $19.99 | 638 70% | 19k | $383k (exactly $382,609) | ReCon Team | |
 | Alek - The Lost Kingdom | · EA older | $19.99 | 392 76% | 12k | $235k (exactly $235,082) | Jessy Lemieux |
 | Concubine | · EA | $14.99 | 517 81% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | Upgrade Entertainment |
 | The Viking Way | · EA older | $14.99 | 331 42% | 9.9k | $149k (exactly $148,851) | Ice Lava Games |
 | Taora : Survival | · EA older | $13.99 | 353 55% | 11k | $148k (exactly $148,154) | Tulpar Games |
 | Terror of the Seven Seas | $14.99 | 108 78% | 3.2k | $49k (exactly $48,568) | Cutthroat Games | |
 | Lost Paws | $19.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Dungeoneering Studios | |
 | Farmsville | · EA | $3.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | Farmsville Prod. |
 | Market Street Tycoon Simulator | $0.99 | 31 48% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar | |
 | Hmph! Hmph! Yowai | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Rexz Kev | |
 | Rings of Zilfin | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Strategic Simulations |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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