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Should I ship a Turn-Based Tactics Action RTS?
Action RTS + Turn-Based Tactics
Only 9 developers shipped a Turn-Based Tactics 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, STAR WARS Zero Company™, 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, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $85k, ×56 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $29M, ×19543 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
|---|---|
| Median | $85k (exactly $84,558) |
| Top 25% | $5.8M (exactly $5,822,144) |
| Top 5% | $29M (exactly $29,275,644) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 72,746 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + Grand StrategyPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Company of Heroes 3 2023 · $44M 
STAR WARS Zero Company™ 2026 · $29M 
Mechabellum 2024 · $8.0M 
Xenonauts 2 2026 · $5.8M 
The Battle of Polytopia 2020 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Company of Heroes 3 | older | $59.99 | 24,516 59% | 735k | $44M (exactly $44,121,445) | Relic Entertainment |
| | STAR WARS Zero Company™ | $49.99 | 19,521 82% | 586k | $29M (exactly $29,275,644) | Bit Reactor | |
| | Mechabellum | $14.99 | 17,856 84% | 536k | $8.0M (exactly $8,029,843) | Game River | |
| | Xenonauts 2 | $39.99 | 4,853 81% | 146k | $5.8M (exactly $5,822,144) | Goldhawk Interactive | |
| | The Battle of Polytopia | older | $14.99 | 4,731 94% | 142k | $2.1M (exactly $2,127,531) | Midjiwan AB |
 | Warhounds | $34.99 | 735 71% | 22k | $772k (exactly $771,530) | Everplay DMCC | |
 | Bellfortis | $19.99 | 141 90% | 4.2k | $85k (exactly $84,558) | Rake in Grass | |
 | Street Lords | older | $14.99 | 115 57% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $51,716) | Studio HK |
 | Roma Invicta | older | $5.99 | 231 83% | 6.9k | $42k (exactly $41,511) | Puntigames |
 | CUBE ROYALE | · EA older | $9.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Creature Factory |
 | LouveSystems' Realms | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | LouveSystems | |
 | Gore Sword | $9.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Gore Sword Games | |
 | Cannon Clicker | $5.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Ritual Interactive | |
 | Sunlit Kingdom | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Red Goblin Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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