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Should I ship an Arcade Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Arcade
Of 138 developers who shipped an Arcade Real Time Tactics in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 136 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 78 developers shipped in the last year and 136 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) |
| Top 5% | $29k (exactly $28,794) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 138 |
| Released games | 364 |
| Announced | 136 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Arcade
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Arcade; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Action, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 44,581 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 83 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 136 games are announced against 78 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | REMATCH | $29.99 | 39,905 70% | 1.2M | $36M (exactly $35,902,528) | Sloclap | |
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| | Drop Duchy | $14.99 | 2,962 89% | 89k | $1.3M (exactly $1,332,011) | Sleepy Mill Studio | |
| | Children of the Sun | older | $14.99 | 2,005 92% | 60k | $902k (exactly $901,648) | René Rother |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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