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Should I ship a Nature Action RTS?
Action RTS + Nature
Only 10 developers shipped a Nature Action RTS 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, Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,588) |
| Top 5% | $54k (exactly $53,514) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RTS
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 66% positive over 277 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RTS with a different setting or mood, 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
Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean 2026 · $54k 
ダンジョンに生息だ！ 2025 · $27k 
C.A.R.S. - Creating A Ridiculous Shitshow 2026 · $9.6k 
Territory: Animals Genetic Strategy 2022 · $7.1k 
Nanuleu 2016 · $5.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean | $14.99 | 119 33% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | Fishing Cactus | |
| | ダンジョンに生息だ！ | $7.99 | 112 90% | 3.4k | $27k (exactly $26,846) | ドクローネ | |
| | C.A.R.S. - Creating A Ridiculous Shitshow | $7.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,588) | 3Dads Studios | |
| | Territory: Animals Genetic Strategy | older | $6.99 | 34 58% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Simplemole |
| | Nanuleu | older | $2.99 | 58 79% | 1.7k | $5.2k (exactly $5,203) | Selva Interactive |
 | Agent 01 | older | $19.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | GamesBraz |
 | Fair and Square | older | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Octopus Engine |
 | Fungus Reaper | older | $5.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Sebastian Lind |
 | Ignis Corruption | older | $3.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Anderson Marques |
 | Fox Goes Hunting ™ | older | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Restless Swords |
 | PiyoWars | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | GyuhoGames | |
 | Battow - Mages And Monsters | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SensualHarvest | |
 | Secret File | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Igrik Studios | |
 | Teamfight Royale | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Festucs Interactive | |
 | 3096 | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hector Hedgecoat Industries | |
 | Forces of Nature | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mean Bean Games | |
 | RED BEES | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Vox Mare |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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