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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an RPG Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + RPG

Only 8 developers shipped an RPG 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, Lost Soul Aside™, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 48 more are announced, ×12 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 $100k against a market of $1.5k. 48 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 69.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 5625% on the market, 48 announced, ×12 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + RPG
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 8
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $208 → $159k → $4.6M → $15k → $1.4M
Outcomes for Character Action Game + RPG: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 8
Bottom 30% $3.0k (exactly $2,998)
Median $105k (exactly $104,710)
Top 25% $1.4M (exactly $1,433,883)
Top 5% $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208)
Developers, 2 yr 8
Released games 173
Announced 48
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $19.99

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 5625% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 10%, 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
RPG
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 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, RPG
Price point
$19.99 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 $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 238,779 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 $100k, 1 in 4 over $1.4M, 1 in 20 over $2.3M.

3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 48 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×12 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, 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

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

NieR:Automata™ 2017 · $138M NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... 2021 · $39M SCARLET NEXUS 2021 · $25M Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced 2023 · $16M KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- 2024 · $16M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
NieR:Automata™ older $39.99 115,103 88% 3.5M $138M (exactly $138,089,069) Square Enix, PlatinumGames Inc.
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... older $59.99 21,493 88% 645k $39M (exactly $38,680,952) Square Enix, Toylogic Inc.
SCARLET NEXUS older $59.99 13,749 81% 412k $25M (exactly $24,744,075) BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced older $29.99 18,217 81% 547k $16M (exactly $16,389,835) Gearbox Software, Blind Squirrel Games
KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- older $49.99 10,471 86% 314k $16M (exactly $15,703,359) Square Enix
Evil West older $49.99 10,215 74% 306k $15M (exactly $15,319,436) Flying Wild Hog
Moonlighter older $19.99 17,286 82% 519k $10M (exactly $10,366,414) Digital Sun
ICEY older $10.99 25,142 89% 754k $8.3M (exactly $8,289,317) FantaBlade Network
Steelrising older $49.99 4,568 73% 137k $6.9M (exactly $6,850,630) Spiders
KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC) older $59.99 2,535 89% 76k $4.6M (exactly $4,562,240) Square Enix
Lost Soul Aside™ $59.99 1,307 59% 39k $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208) Ultizero Games
Aeruta $19.99 2,391 94% 72k $1.4M (exactly $1,433,883) FromDawn Games
GODBREAKERS $19.99 813 70% 24k $488k (exactly $487,556) To The Sky
The Awakener: Battle Tendency $14.98 233 74% 7.0k $105k (exactly $104,710) TANER GAMES
Long Live Caesar $9.99 51 78% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) Yury Khovansky, Vladislavs Viktorovs
Xenrai $19.99 5 80% 150 $3.0k (exactly $2,998) Zenith Edge Studios
ICARUS84 $14.99 2 100% 60 $899 (exactly $899) Carmine Inc
Sand Witch Adventures $2.99 5 80% 150 $449 (exactly $449) Gnelf

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