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Should I ship a Medieval Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Medieval
Only 6 developers shipped a paid Medieval Battle Royale 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, A Smithing Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 29 more are announced, ×7.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.3k against a market of $1.3k. 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) |
| Top 5% | $9.5k (exactly $9,456) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 43%, 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
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 632 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 29 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 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
Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition 2022 · EA · $272k 
ZADETTE 2021 · $12k 
A Smithing Game 2026 · $9.5k 
Adventurer's Gambit: Dungeons of Fortune 2026 · $4.3k 
Periculum 2024 · $1.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition | · EA older | $19.99 | 453 74% | 14k | $272k (exactly $271,664) | JOTASOFT STUDIOS |
| | ZADETTE | older | $5.99 | 67 92% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $12,040) | Le Club des Sacs |
| | A Smithing Game | $3.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $9.5k (exactly $9,456) | Zoteling | |
| | Adventurer's Gambit: Dungeons of Fortune | $12.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Astana Games | |
| | Periculum | $5.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Kucki | |
 | Gladiator of sparta | older | $9.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LFR games |
 | Soulfire : Weapon Master | · EA older | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | AyDream Co., Ltd. |
 | Dragon War | · EA older | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | QJ |
 | Danger and Deadlier | older | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Dog On God |
 | Legends' Battlegrounds | · EA | $13.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $420 (exactly $420) | Joy Abstraction |
 | Number Wars | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Enaayah Software Development and Servic… (Enaayah Software Development and Services Private Limited) | |
 | Gunpoint Gambit | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Robert Bogdan |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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