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Should I ship an Adventure Action RTS?
Action RTS + Adventure
Of 57 developers who shipped an Adventure Action RTS in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 89 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $410, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 89 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper, while revenue is down 35% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $405 (exactly $405) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) |
| Top 5% | $215k (exactly $214,507) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 57 |
| Released games | 169 |
| Announced | 89 |
| 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 down 35% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Adventure
- 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 RTS, Adventure; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Action RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 2,687 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. Nearly all of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + FPSLong shot
- + PuzzleLong shot
- + Turn-Based StrategyPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + Grand StrategyPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Gord 2023 · $1.2M 
Kingdom Eighties 2023 · $1.1M 
The Lost Village 2024 · $987k 
Machine Mind 2026 · $340k 
Mud and Blood 2021 · EA · $336k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gord | older | $49.99 | 809 53% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,213,257) | Covenant.dev |
| | Kingdom Eighties | older | $11.99 | 3,001 75% | 90k | $1.1M (exactly $1,079,460) | Fury Studios |
| | The Lost Village | older | $11.99 | 2,743 70% | 82k | $987k (exactly $986,657) | FunYoo Games |
| | Machine Mind | $19.99 | 567 71% | 17k | $340k (exactly $340,030) | Chudo-Yudo Games | |
| | Mud and Blood | · EA older | $12.99 | 861 87% | 26k | $336k (exactly $335,532) | urbgames |
 | Rise of Piracy | · EA | $15.99 | 520 77% | 16k | $249k (exactly $249,444) | IrishJohnGames |
 | Undead Horde 2: Necropolis | older | $16.99 | 447 83% | 13k | $228k (exactly $227,836) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Philna Fantasy | $14.99 | 477 52% | 14k | $215k (exactly $214,507) | Sailike Game | |
 | Warlords Battleground: Extraction | $11.99 | 525 84% | 16k | $189k (exactly $188,842) | 绝汪 | |
 | Stargate: Timekeepers | older | $29.99 | 198 60% | 5.9k | $178k (exactly $178,141) | Slitherine Ltd. |
 | Spirit X Strike | · EA | $12.99 | 406 82% | 12k | $158k (exactly $158,218) | MAICHA STUDIO |
 | Siren's Well | $24.99 | 62 66% | 1.9k | $46k (exactly $46,481) | OneManOnly Studios | |
 | DeTechtive 2112 | $10.99 | 60 46% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $19,782) | M11 Studio | |
 | Deadrock Salvation | $9.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Ghost Machine | |
 | Spires of Morosith: Gossamer Sundered | $14.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Dead Yeti Clown Car | |
 | Foresia -The Lust Curse- | $14.99 | 15 33% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | BlusterD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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