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Should I ship a Cat Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Cats
Only 7 developers shipped a Cat Turn-Based game 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, Epic Auto Towers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.7k against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 25% | $46k (exactly $46,344) |
| Top 5% | $345k (exactly $345,370) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 3 |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 10,463 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 3 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Epic Battle Fantasy 5 2018 · $4.2M 
Epic Battle Fantasy 4 2014 · $1.3M 
SaGa Emerald Beyond 2024 · $462k 
Epic Auto Towers 2024 · EA · $345k 
Quilts and Cats of Calico 2024 · $243k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Epic Battle Fantasy 5 | older | $24.99 | 5,647 98% | 169k | $4.2M (exactly $4,233,556) | Matt Roszak |
| | Epic Battle Fantasy 4 | older | $14.99 | 2,802 98% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,260,059) | Matt Roszak |
| | SaGa Emerald Beyond | older | $49.99 | 308 72% | 9.2k | $462k (exactly $461,908) | Square Enix |
| | Epic Auto Towers | · EA | $14.99 | 768 70% | 23k | $345k (exactly $345,370) | Aleksandr Golovkin |
| | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
 | LOOTPLOT | $6.99 | 221 94% | 6.6k | $46k (exactly $46,344) | CodeTheory Ltd | |
 | Space Cats Tactics | older | $14.99 | 100 74% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,970) | Mitzi Games, Alex Nicola |
 | My Holiday 2 | older | $9.99 | 106 94% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $31,768) | StellarXiela |
 | Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy | older | $9.99 | 57 100% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Super Walrus Games |
 | Tower Song | older | $9.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | OI Games |
 | Pawful Dice | $14.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Anomalie Studio | |
 | Just a Little Purr suit | $3.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Wise Box Studios | |
 | Lost in Cheese | $12.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | SnøVittra | |
 | Bobo in Hell | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Arcana Rebels | |
 | Puzzle Cottage | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Adib Boutros |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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