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Should I ship an Auto Battler Swordplay game?
Swordplay + Auto Battler
Only 13 developers shipped an Auto Battler Swordplay game 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, Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 455% on the market; 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,069) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 up 455% on the market, supply 15% fewer 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.
- Swordplay
- 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
- Swordplay, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,297 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Swordplay with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + IdlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpLong shot
- + SamuraiPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator 2026 · EA · $459k 
Backpack Jianghu 2026 · $237k 
最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect 2022 · $60k 
Heroes of Eternal Quest 2024 · $38k 
Tower of Chaos 2023 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 612 81% | 18k | $459k (exactly $458,816) | Contec Games |
| | Backpack Jianghu | $13.99 | 565 80% | 17k | $237k (exactly $237,130) | 背包工作室 | |
| | 最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect | older | $3.99 | 504 53% | 15k | $60k (exactly $60,329) | 栖鸾工作室 |
| | Heroes of Eternal Quest | older | $11.99 | 107 71% | 3.2k | $38k (exactly $38,488) | Drakkar Game Studio |
| | Tower of Chaos | older | $14.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Laughing Fox Games |
 | SideQuest Hunters | $4.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Paparajote Games | |
 | CRIXUS: Life of free Gladiator | $7.99 | 15 46% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Waseku | |
 | Drag'N Dungeon | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Demon Girl | |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | Kungfu | older | $1.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | amk800 |
 | RiftGuard | $0.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $1.1k (exactly $1,069) | Artur Rezende | |
 | 懒人也江湖 | · EA | $4.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | 恒睿游戏 |
 | Card Maker Simulator | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Níkolas Santos | |
 | Ninja Wars: Battle Simulator | $0.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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