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Should I ship a Tactical RPG Action RTS?
Action RTS + Tactical RPG
Only 14 developers shipped a Tactical RPG 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, PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×6.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×1.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.8M, ×1256 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 37 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) |
| Top 5% | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,273) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 37 |
| 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 down 20% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Tactical RPG
- 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 RTS, Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 2,710 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.2 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
PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY 2025 · $1.9M 
Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防 2021 · $540k 
Philna Fantasy 2026 · $215k 
Multiwinia 2008 · $147k 
Prime & Load : 1776 2020 · $75k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY | $29.99 | 2,091 83% | 63k | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,273) | SAS CO.,LTD. | |
| | Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防 | older | $18.99 | 948 90% | 28k | $540k (exactly $540,076) | MyACG Studio |
| | Philna Fantasy | $14.99 | 477 52% | 14k | $215k (exactly $214,507) | Sailike Game | |
| | Multiwinia | older | $11.99 | 409 82% | 12k | $147k (exactly $147,117) | Introversion Software |
| | Prime & Load : 1776 | older | $7.99 | 313 76% | 9.4k | $75k (exactly $75,026) | Radio Silence Entertainment |
 | Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades | · EA older | $19.99 | 90 82% | 2.7k | $54k (exactly $53,973) | JOTASOFT STUDIOS |
 | Zombie Party 丧尸派对 | older | $5.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $25k (exactly $25,158) | Joychasing Games |
 | Scarecropia | $9.99 | 42 88% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | JYP Studio | |
 | Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises | · EA older | $9.99 | 19 47% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Animus Interactive Inc |
 | Sunstone War | $4.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Blukulélé, Cyrolis Dev | |
 | Warlordocracy | $4.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) | |
 | Cats Away | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Studio Saizensen | |
 | TransmuTowers | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Edenic Era LLC | |
 | Hired Stars | · EA | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Mark Kaps |
 | Traveler Of Light | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | ZENG CHEN |
 | Take off a mask | · EA | $4.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Inner Flower Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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