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Should I ship an Auto Battler JRPG?
JRPG + Auto Battler
Only 12 developers shipped an Auto Battler JRPG 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, Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $13k, ×20 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $330; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×466 the market median. Revenue is up 9440% on the market; 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $330 (exactly $330) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $12,575) |
| Top 25% | $209k (exactly $209,250) |
| Top 5% | $293k (exactly $292,507) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 9440% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- JRPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Auto Battler
- 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
- JRPG, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,324 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga 2022 · $7.7M 
Dragon Cliff 2018 · $2.3M 
Disgaea 6 Complete 2022 · $696k 
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons 2025 · $293k 
Rogue Voltage 2026 · $284k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga | older | $19.99 | 12,880 94% | 386k | $7.7M (exactly $7,724,136) | Dancing Dragon Games |
| | Dragon Cliff | older | $9.99 | 7,679 88% | 230k | $2.3M (exactly $2,301,396) | Meta Interaction |
| | Disgaea 6 Complete | older | $59.99 | 387 63% | 12k | $696k (exactly $696,484) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. |
| | Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons | $9.99 | 976 86% | 29k | $293k (exactly $292,507) | Blast Programming | |
| | Rogue Voltage | $15.99 | 593 92% | 18k | $284k (exactly $284,462) | Horizont Computergrafik | |
 | Botworld Odyssey | $25.00 | 279 76% | 8.4k | $209k (exactly $209,250) | Featherweight Games | |
 | Girls of The Tower | older | $6.99 | 579 84% | 17k | $121k (exactly $121,416) | Robo Cat |
 | Loser Got Isekai’d – Sex, Side Jobs, and Odd Tasks | $13.99 | 254 89% | 7.6k | $107k (exactly $106,604) | Morexingame | |
 | Heroes of Eternal Quest | older | $11.99 | 107 71% | 3.2k | $38k (exactly $38,488) | Drakkar Game Studio |
 | The Alchemist of Ars Magna | older | $39.99 | 31 77% | 930 | $37k (exactly $37,191) | Ninetail |
 | Cowgirl Maid Milk Cafe | $14.99 | 39 76% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Kuroneko Cafe | |
 | Loser Got Isekai’d -Gotta Conquer the Girls Before Conquering the World- | $13.99 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $17k (exactly $17,208) | Morexingame | |
 | Slay All Bosses: Idle | $4.99 | 84 60% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | Memoria Interactive | |
 | Pixel Pixie | $6.99 | 32 100% | 960 | $6.7k (exactly $6,710) | PlayGG.Doctor | |
 | journey of reincarnation | $7.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | MSBgamadev | |
 | SacredStone | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | 傑尼Jenne |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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