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Should I ship a Futuristic Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Futuristic
Only 4 developers shipped a paid Futuristic Battle Royale in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 14 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.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 44 more are announced, ×44 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $60 against a market of $1.3k. 44 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $57,912) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 51%, 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
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 944 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×44 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
The Wraith of the Galaxy 2023 · EA · $58k 
universe treasure 2022 · $38k 
Furry Arena [18+] 2022 · $36k 
HardPunch: Sex Plague 2021 · $18k 
Zaacar 2021 · EA · $4.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Wraith of the Galaxy | · EA older | $11.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Whale Rock Games |
| | universe treasure | older | $13.99 | 91 58% | 2.7k | $38k (exactly $38,193) | モンスター研 |
| | Furry Arena [18+] | older | $1.99 | 599 64% | 18k | $36k (exactly $35,760) | Octo Games |
| | HardPunch: Sex Plague | older | $11.99 | 51 41% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $18,345) | by Cassandra |
| | Zaacar | · EA older | $11.99 | 13 38% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Axoora |
 | CRAST | $5.99 | 14 35% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Qazaq Games Studio | |
 | Burst Planet | · EA older | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | KX Games |
 | ShadowStorm | older | $14.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Still connect |
 | Space Nations - Battlearena | · EA older | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Linked Bits |
 | EX_Holics.exe | older | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Gushala |
 | Riverside Gals / 大乱闘リバーサイドギャルズ | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 黒の御者団 | |
 | Quick coin run away | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SHEN XIAO JIANG | |
 | Skyliners | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Skeleton Arm Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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