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Should I ship a Beat 'em up Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Beat 'em up
Only 13 developers shipped a Beat 'em up Real Time Tactics 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, Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $836 (exactly $836) |
| Top 5% | $168k (exactly $168,030) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 90% positive over 748 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
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Comparable games
Endorphin Vice 2022 · EA · $1.0M 
RUNGORE 2024 · $446k 
Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi 2024 · $168k 
Tactic Boxing 2024 · $125k 
Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing 2024 · EA · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Endorphin Vice | · EA older | $9.99 | 3,436 56% | 103k | $1.0M (exactly $1,029,769) | Endorphin Studios |
| | RUNGORE | older | $14.99 | 991 85% | 30k | $446k (exactly $445,653) | YOUR_MOM'S_HP, RavenJm |
| | Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi | $7.99 | 701 91% | 21k | $168k (exactly $168,030) | ZRIGN 地霊研究院 | |
| | Tactic Boxing | older | $9.99 | 416 77% | 12k | $125k (exactly $124,675) | Stately Eagle Games |
| | Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 52% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Luvseatshawty |
 | Control Craft 2 | older | $4.99 | 274 72% | 8.2k | $41k (exactly $41,018) | Cristian Manolachi, Atomic Fabrik |
 | MiceGard | older | $12.99 | 88 84% | 2.6k | $34k (exactly $34,294) | Game Dynasty, Aivictory |
 | Reloader: test_subject | older | $0.99 | 295 92% | 8.9k | $8.8k (exactly $8,762) | Nevertheless Studio |
 | Clavis Kinkygate: Treasure of Danau River | $4.99 | 23 34% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | 淫門之鑰工作室 | |
 | Gachi Dungeon Master | older | $2.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | Slippy Floor |
 | BULLET GIRL：ZOMBIE DEFENSE | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Sojourner. Game | |
 | Battle Balls | · EA | $1.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Fonderland Studios |
 | Bear Brigade: Ocean Attack! | $5.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Nodnin Studios | |
 | Everyone Moves With You | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | DIG Games | |
 | Last Wave | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Novae Interactive LTD | |
 | The Ultimate Box Games | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Muddy Creek Games |
 | Poligons | $1.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Vespa Nera | |
 | Forces of Nature | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mean Bean Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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