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Should I ship a Female-Led Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Female Protagonist
No developer shipped a Female-Led Battle Royale in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 12 did: 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.. 14 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $1.3k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,153) |
| Top 25% | $38k (exactly $38,193) |
| Top 5% | $2.9M (exactly $2,851,574) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $23.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 245,711 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 14 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Battlefield™ V 2020 · $355M 
Deceive Inc. 2023 · $2.9M 
Fatal Twelve 2018 · $567k 
GENSOU Skydrift 2019 · $404k 
TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX 2020 · $120k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield™ V | $49.99 | 236,709 70% | 7.1M | $355M (exactly $354,992,487) | DICE | |
| | Deceive Inc. | $19.99 | 4,755 84% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,851,574) | Sweet Bandits Studios | |
| | Fatal Twelve | $19.99 | 946 92% | 28k | $567k (exactly $567,316) | LYCORIS | |
| | GENSOU Skydrift | $23.99 | 561 88% | 17k | $404k (exactly $403,752) | illuCalab | |
| | TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX | $19.99 | 200 86% | 6.0k | $120k (exactly $119,940) | AREAZERO | |
 | Taboos: Cracks | $1.99 | 1,609 80% | 48k | $96k (exactly $96,057) | DSGame | |
 | Soul Saber 2 | $9.99 | 180 59% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $53,946) | Yamadaya | |
 | Eve of Souls: Static Pod | · EA | $2.99 | 468 95% | 14k | $42k (exactly $41,980) | LighTea Fish Studio |
 | SQUID GIRLS 18+ | $6.99 | 198 60% | 5.9k | $42k (exactly $41,521) | Squid Developer | |
 | NIGHT CROW | $15.99 | 85 68% | 2.6k | $41k (exactly $40,774) | Ge-Aivan |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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