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Should I ship an Action RTS FPS?

Action RTS + FPS

Only 16 developers shipped an Action RTS FPS 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, Rising Front, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.

Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $1.8M, ×1218 the market median. Revenue is up 800% on the market; 21 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 800% on the market, 21 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Action RTS + FPS
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $18k → $7.6k → $450 → $179 → $68k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action RTS + FPS: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $899 (exactly $899)
Top 25% $32k (exactly $32,384)
Top 5% $1.8M (exactly $1,824,433)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 55
Announced 21
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $9.99

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 800% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
FPS
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Action RTS, FPS
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 83% positive over 4,701 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $900, 1 in 4 over $32k, 1 in 20 over $1.8M.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Auto BattlerFair24 devs · median $3.0k · 28 announced
  2. + PuzzleLong shot16 devs · median $594 · 16 announced
  3. + Turn-Based StrategyPoor odds12 devs · median $85k · 16 announced
  4. + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds9 devs · median $85k · 18 announced
  5. + Real-TimePoor odds12 devs · median $31k · 18 announced
  6. + HistoricalPoor odds26 devs · median $29k · 57 announced
  7. + Online Co-OpPoor odds25 devs · median $18k · 54 announced
  8. + SandboxPoor odds30 devs · median $13k · 50 announced
  9. + Procedural GenerationPoor odds22 devs · median $11k · 51 announced
  10. + Grand StrategyPoor odds25 devs · median $7.5k · 41 announced
  11. + 4XPoor odds10 devs · median $7.2k · 23 announced
  12. + CraftingPoor odds19 devs · median $7.2k · 35 announced

All 89 pairs on the Action RTS page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Total Conflict: Resistance 2023 · EA · $4.6M Rising Front 2026 · $1.8M Executive Assault 2 2023 · $1.2M Home Wars 2017 · $342k Cosmic Trip 2017 · $245k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Total Conflict: Resistance · EA older $29.99 5,089 74% 153k $4.6M (exactly $4,578,573) Thunder Devs.
Rising Front $14.99 4,057 88% 122k $1.8M (exactly $1,824,433) Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Executive Assault 2 older $24.99 1,604 82% 48k $1.2M (exactly $1,202,519) Hesketh Studios Ltd
Home Wars older $9.99 1,141 78% 34k $342k (exactly $341,958) Insane Dreamers
Cosmic Trip older $19.99 409 87% 12k $245k (exactly $245,277) Funktronic Labs
Attack on Toys · EA older $6.99 1,158 93% 35k $243k (exactly $242,833) N7T-GAMES
Command & Conquer Renegade™ older $6.96 851 83% 26k $178k (exactly $177,689) Westwood Studios
7 Days Blood Moons · EA $9.99 418 40% 13k $125k (exactly $125,275) iLLOGIKA
Prime & Load : 1776 older $7.99 313 76% 9.4k $75k (exactly $75,026) Radio Silence Entertainment
Artificial Extinction 2 $19.99 113 77% 3.4k $68k (exactly $67,766) 100Hr Games Inc
WARSHIFT 2 $19.99 54 70% 1.6k $32k (exactly $32,384) Cyril Megem
Rage Of Towers $14.99 9 77% 270 $4.0k (exactly $4,047) Tiger Among Shadows
Goddess Scroll - The Last Starlight $9.99 11 27% 330 $3.3k (exactly $3,297) Revenge Red Eyes
The Dark Legacy $2.99 33 69% 990 $3.0k (exactly $2,960) Hollowseed
Platoon $9.99 3 33% 90 $899 (exactly $899) Phalanx Tactical
Drone:Modern Warfare $2.99 2 0% 60 $179 (exactly $179) AndyKwok008
Twisted Jam $4.99 1 0% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Ethan Medjuck

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.