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Should I ship a Turn-Based Action RPG?
Action RPG + Turn-Based
Only 10 developers shipped a Turn-Based 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, Sora no Kiseki the 1st, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
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 $8.7k against a market of $1.5k. 5 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.7k (exactly $8,683) |
| Top 25% | $825k (exactly $825,187) |
| Top 5% | $9.4M (exactly $9,367,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $17.99 |
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 16955% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Turn-Based
- 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, Turn-Based
- Price point
- $17.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 93% positive over 8,140 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2024 · $34M 
Wandering Sword 2023 · $28M 
Transistor 2014 · $17M 
Sora no Kiseki the 1st 2025 · $9.4M 
FINAL FANTASY® XIII 2014 · $7.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | older | $69.99 | 16,339 90% | 490k | $34M (exactly $34,306,998) | RGG Studio |
| | Wandering Sword | older | $24.99 | 37,034 94% | 1.1M | $28M (exactly $27,764,390) | The Swordman Studio |
| | Transistor | older | $19.99 | 27,993 93% | 840k | $17M (exactly $16,787,402) | Supergiant Games |
| | Sora no Kiseki the 1st | $59.99 | 5,205 97% | 156k | $9.4M (exactly $9,367,438) | Nihon Falcom | |
| | FINAL FANTASY® XIII | older | $15.99 | 16,314 74% | 489k | $7.8M (exactly $7,825,826) | Square Enix |
 | Fate Seeker | older | $21.09 | 11,930 90% | 358k | $7.5M (exactly $7,548,111) | JSL Entertainment |
 | Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered | older | $49.99 | 4,023 83% | 121k | $6.0M (exactly $6,033,293) | LEVEL5 Inc., QLOC |
 | Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes | older | $49.99 | 3,164 75% | 95k | $4.7M (exactly $4,745,051) | Rabbit & Bear Studios |
 | Wasteland 2: Director's Cut | older | $29.99 | 4,664 82% | 140k | $4.2M (exactly $4,196,201) | inXile Entertainment |
 | FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2 | older | $19.99 | 5,136 58% | 154k | $3.1M (exactly $3,080,059) | Square Enix |
 | Metal Slug Tactics | $24.99 | 1,152 76% | 35k | $864k (exactly $863,654) | Leikir Studio | |
 | Wicked Seed | $19.99 | 1,376 94% | 41k | $825k (exactly $825,187) | Dead Right Games | |
 | Swords & Souls Legacy Collection | $9.99 | 337 94% | 10k | $101k (exactly $100,999) | SoulGame Studio | |
 | Beat the Humans | $4.99 | 58 74% | 1.7k | $8.7k (exactly $8,683) | Dochungryest | |
 | Seoul Exorcist 1111 | $17.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Snow Games | |
 | Throne Requiem | $19.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Michael Richard Lannon | |
 | The Moon Ate The Sun - A Realtime Turn Based RPG | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Omnia | |
 | GraeHart | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cole Hardin | |
 | Galdromeda | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | rediskdev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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