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Should I ship an MOBA Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + MOBA
Only 4 developers shipped a paid MOBA Battle Royale in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 6 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.. 6 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 30 more are announced, ×30 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 $16k against a market of $1.3k. 30 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,750) |
| Top 5% | $548k (exactly $548,126) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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: 58%, 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
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, MOBA
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 2,869 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×30 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, 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
Last Remains 2025 · EA · $548k 
Taboos: Cracks 2019 · $96k 
Egress 2019 · $48k 
惊险极速 2021 · EA · $19k 
FMTC 2025 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Last Remains | · EA | $19.99 | 914 51% | 27k | $548k (exactly $548,126) | Earn Alliance |
| | Taboos: Cracks | older | $1.99 | 1,609 80% | 48k | $96k (exactly $96,057) | DSGame |
| | Egress | older | $14.99 | 107 58% | 3.2k | $48k (exactly $48,118) | Fazan |
| | 惊险极速 | · EA older | $6.99 | 91 97% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $19,083) | 个人 |
| | FMTC | $7.00 | 75 78% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $15,750) | FMTC | |
 | Story of White Stone State | older | $5.99 | 47 23% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | DRILL Games |
 | 蓝实战队 | · EA older | $6.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | 清风 |
 | Ambulance Chauffeur Simulator 2 | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | · |
 | Hunting fields of Jackals | · EA older | $17.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) | squatnine |
 | Soulfire : Weapon Master | · EA older | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | AyDream Co., Ltd. |
 | The Last Bug | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | 苦柚Games | |
 | Masters of Magic | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YC Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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