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Should I ship a Bullet Hell Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Bullet Hell
Only 14 developers shipped a Bullet Hell Turn-Based 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, 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.. 25 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) |
| Top 5% | $611k (exactly $610,925) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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
- Turn-Based Tactics, Bullet Hell; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Turn-Based Combat, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 93% positive over 1,156 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - 2025 · $611k 
Beach Invasion 1944 2022 · $311k 
The Last Federation 2014 · $228k 
Little Witch Survivors 2025 · $81k 
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics 2017 · $9.3k | 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 | |
| | Beach Invasion 1944 | older | $9.99 | 1,038 84% | 31k | $311k (exactly $311,089) | AIx2 Games |
| | The Last Federation | older | $19.99 | 380 72% | 11k | $228k (exactly $227,886) | Arcen Games |
| | Little Witch Survivors | $4.99 | 543 87% | 16k | $81k (exactly $81,287) | 四月二酱 | |
| | NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics | older | $3.99 | 78 80% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | Post Mortem Pixels |
 | Bloody Rampage City | older | $4.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Crimson Chaos Studios |
 | Hacker Man | older | $19.99 | 8 12% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | GamesBraz |
 | fishTDX | older | $4.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | progress |
 | Pigments | older | $5.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | PUNKCAKE Delicieux |
 | NUSNUR | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Team PARAFOX | |
 | Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' & Shootin' | $8.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | Raspberry Jam | |
 | Battle Medal: Super Auto Chess Swarm War | $7.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | SOT烈 | |
 | Odyssey Times - A Quest for Adventure | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Icefire Games | |
 | The Moon Ate The Sun - A Realtime Turn Based RPG | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Omnia | |
 | Kick the Boss's Ass | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | FantasyTime | |
 | Mutant Slime : Survivor Team | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BSE Tech | |
 | Ender Echo： Eventide Eternity | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 阴阳喵Art |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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