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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Medieval Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + Medieval

Only 5 developers shipped a Medieval Character Action 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, Shady Knight, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $58k against a market of $1.5k. 16 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 38.8 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 16 announced, ×4.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Action Game + Medieval
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 5

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Medieval: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 5
Bottom 30% $3.0k (exactly $2,997)
Median $58k (exactly $58,171)
Top 25% $105k (exactly $104,710)
Top 5% $539k (exactly $538,531)
Developers, 2 yr 5
Released games 43
Announced 16
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $14.98

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 300% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
Medieval
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game
Price point
$14.98 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 9,763 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $3.0k, median $58k, 1 in 4 over $100k, 1 in 20 over $530k.

3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

All 39 pairs on the Character Action Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition 2013 · $7.2M Shady Knight 2024 · $539k The Awakener: Battle Tendency 2026 · $105k ~Azur Ring~virgin and slave's phylacteries 2020 · $73k SoulQuest 2026 · $58k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition older $29.99 7,998 80% 240k $7.2M (exactly $7,195,801) MercurySteam, Climax Studios
Shady Knight $19.99 898 93% 27k $539k (exactly $538,531) Alexey 'cptnsigh'
The Awakener: Battle Tendency $14.98 233 74% 7.0k $105k (exactly $104,710) TANER GAMES
~Azur Ring~virgin and slave's phylacteries older $9.99 242 66% 7.3k $73k (exactly $72,527) PinkPeachStudio
SoulQuest $19.99 97 81% 2.9k $58k (exactly $58,171) SoulBlade Studio LLC, TomasJPereyra
Atelier Tia older $17.99 76 82% 2.3k $41k (exactly $41,017) MenZ Studio
Barbarian Souls older $14.99 64 37% 1.9k $29k (exactly $28,781) Sabrina Aridi
Elmarion: Dragon's Princess older $10.99 60 75% 1.8k $20k (exactly $19,782) Fleon Games
Monster Collector · EA older $24.99 25 64% 750 $19k (exactly $18,742) go go go studio
Legendary Knight · EA older $7.99 70 94% 2.1k $17k (exactly $16,779) Oki Aki
Slay The Berserker · EA $9.99 10 50% 300 $3.0k (exactly $2,997) Advance Garde
Medieval Heroes $2.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Trottomatic

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.