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Should I ship a Robot Card Battler?
Card Battler + Robots
Only 13 developers shipped a Robot Card Battler 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, ACE Strategy: Mecha Nova, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper, while revenue is up 5145% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $51,716) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 5145% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Card Battler
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 325 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + GamblingFair
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- + ZombiesFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + CRPGPoor odds
Comparable games
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech 2019 · $1.5M 
Ironclad Tactics 2013 · $107k 
Theseus Protocol 2023 · $95k 
ACE Strategy: Mecha Nova 2026 · $52k 
ARC SEED 2025 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech | older | $24.99 | 1,953 87% | 59k | $1.5M (exactly $1,464,164) | Image & Form Games |
| | Ironclad Tactics | older | $14.99 | 237 75% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $106,579) | Zachtronics |
| | Theseus Protocol | older | $9.99 | 317 65% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,005) | YueTang(Xiamen) |
| | ACE Strategy: Mecha Nova | $14.99 | 115 78% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $51,716) | EMINA STUDIO | |
| | ARC SEED | $14.99 | 89 74% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,023) | Massive Galaxy Studios | |
 | The Last Craftsman | $9.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | AuraTummyache | |
 | Rise of Humanity | · EA older | $19.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | Cybernetic Walrus |
 | Insane Robots | older | $19.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Playniac |
 | Dark Cards | older | $9.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Pixel Cattle Games |
 | Hexitten | $14.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Korkea Maki Studios | |
 | Maid Mech | $2.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Dark Arrow Studio | |
 | MegaBattle | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | MadCat Corp, Cavylabs | |
 | PONGBANG | · EA | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | LuminDrive |
 | Cyber Breaker | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | ShadowHawkDragon | |
 | Evo Born | $0.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Thisisdemo | |
 | Gear Clash: Hero Unite | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | SKYREACH INTERACTIVE |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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