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Should I ship a Cat Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Cats
Of 30 developers who shipped a Cat Turn-Based Tactics in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×369 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 32 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) |
| Top 5% | $231k (exactly $231,482) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 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 Tactics; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 52,789 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TanksFair
- + AutomationFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + DiceFair
- + MiningFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + PlatformerLong shot
Comparable games
Mewgenics 2026 · $45M 
TRIANGLE STRATEGY 2022 · $5.8M 
Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k 
Dungeon Inn 2024 · EA · $231k 
Cat Chess 2026 · $96k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mewgenics | $29.99 | 49,996 89% | 1.5M | $45M (exactly $44,981,401) | Edmund McMillen, Tyler Glaiel | |
| | TRIANGLE STRATEGY | older | $59.99 | 3,239 78% | 97k | $5.8M (exactly $5,829,228) | Square Enix, ARTDINK |
| | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
| | Dungeon Inn | · EA | $12.99 | 594 92% | 18k | $231k (exactly $231,482) | Cat Society |
| | Cat Chess | $6.99 | 456 87% | 14k | $96k (exactly $95,623) | Capricia Labs | |
 | MAHOUTEQ! | $1.99 | 1,316 99% | 39k | $79k (exactly $78,565) | motijan | |
 | Space Cats Tactics | older | $14.99 | 100 74% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,970) | Mitzi Games, Alex Nicola |
 | TunTown | older | $4.99 | 278 98% | 8.3k | $42k (exactly $41,617) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT, DOMO Studio |
 | Sushi Cat Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 263 95% | 7.9k | $39k (exactly $39,371) | Armor Games Studios | |
 | Fort Meow | older | $7.99 | 145 92% | 4.4k | $35k (exactly $34,756) | Upper Class Walrus |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | Roguematch : The Extraplanar Invasion | $14.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Starstruck Games | |
 | Idle Kitty | $4.99 | 64 82% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | 狮子 | |
 | Hounimal | $8.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.0k (exactly $4,046) | TONTORO Games | |
 | Totto's Magic Soup | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | アルネコデザイン |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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