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Should I ship a Bullet Hell Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Bullet Hell
Only 12 developers shipped a Bullet Hell Tactical RPG 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, Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER -, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $7.8k against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Top 25% | $140k (exactly $140,080) |
| Top 5% | $611k (exactly $610,925) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Hell
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tactical RPG, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,976 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - 2025 · $611k 
Seer's Gambit 2024 · $220k 
Bioweaver 2024 · $140k 
Three Fairies' Hoppin' Flappin' Great Journey! 2021 · $102k 
Cyber Tower 2048 2025 · $83k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - | $34.99 | 582 98% | 17k | $611k (exactly $610,925) | さんぼん堂 | |
| | Seer's Gambit | $14.99 | 490 76% | 15k | $220k (exactly $220,353) | Unleash The Giraffe | |
| | Bioweaver | $6.99 | 668 77% | 20k | $140k (exactly $140,080) | Emprom Game, Wild Kid Games | |
| | Three Fairies' Hoppin' Flappin' Great Journey! | older | $17.99 | 189 84% | 5.7k | $102k (exactly $102,003) | yomogi_soft |
| | Cyber Tower 2048 | $29.99 | 92 88% | 2.8k | $83k (exactly $82,772) | Galactic Geckon | |
 | Savage: Ultimate Boss Fight | older | $4.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | SavageDev |
 | NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics | older | $3.99 | 78 80% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | Post Mortem Pixels |
 | Demonslayer AKA Me | $7.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | 晶尘工作室 | |
 | MagicCar of Delicious | $9.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | YINGGUO GAME | |
 | Grid Force - Mask Of The Goddess | older | $15.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) | Dreamnauts Studios |
 | Bioprototype | $4.99 | 50 86% | 1.5k | $7.5k (exactly $7,485) | Emprom Game | |
 | Rogue Citadel | $9.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | MalumGames | |
 | TransmuTowers | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Edenic Era LLC | |
 | Miryam: The Polluted Land | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | 6.5F Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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