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Should I ship an Action RTS MOBA?
MOBA + Action RTS
Only 7 developers shipped a paid Action RTS MOBA 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, EverSiege: Untold Ages, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 32 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.3k. 32 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,143,028) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 1355% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 53%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- Action RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, Action RTS
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 9 games average 69% positive over 2,487 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
EverSiege: Untold Ages 2026 · $1.1M 
GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- 2016 · $255k 
VOIDCRISIS 2022 · $110k 
Battle Craft 2023 · $8.6k 
Adversator 2026 · $2.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EverSiege: Untold Ages | $19.99 | 1,906 68% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,143,028) | Tindalos Interactive | |
| | GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- | older | $19.99 | 426 76% | 13k | $255k (exactly $255,472) | Arc System Works |
| | VOIDCRISIS | older | $29.99 | 122 54% | 3.7k | $110k (exactly $109,763) | HEXADRIVE Inc. |
| | Battle Craft | older | $17.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Yaremchuk |
| | Adversator | $8.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | Paradoks | |
 | Landmark Battle | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Poetic Games |
 | War to the Core | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Forgotten Mines |
 | Blitz Society | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ryan Evans | |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | 十秒英雄1-Ten Seconds Hero1 | · EA | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 地星(D·☆) |
 | Pixiescape | older | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ethereal Force LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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