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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Strategy Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + Strategy

Only 6 developers shipped a Strategy 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, Long Live Caesar, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 14 announced, ×7.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + Strategy
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 6

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Strategy: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 6
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $9.0k (exactly $8,994)
Top 5% $15k (exactly $15,285)
Developers, 2 yr 6
Released games 38
Announced 14
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $9.99

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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 21%, 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
Strategy
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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, Strategy
Price point
$9.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 64% positive over 1,201 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $600, 1 in 4 over $8.9k, 1 in 20 over $15k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 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

All 39 pairs on the Character Action Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Aztez 2017 · $104k MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons 2023 · $72k Chainsaw Warrior (Classic) 2013 · $34k Bright Paw: Definitive Edition 2020 · $30k Barbarian Souls 2019 · $29k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Aztez older $19.99 174 79% 5.2k $104k (exactly $104,348) Team Colorblind
MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons older $12.99 184 65% 5.5k $72k (exactly $71,705) Polyscape Inc.
Chainsaw Warrior (Classic) older $4.99 229 64% 6.9k $34k (exactly $34,281) Auroch Digital
Bright Paw: Definitive Edition older $12.99 76 69% 2.3k $30k (exactly $29,617) Radical Forge
Barbarian Souls older $14.99 64 37% 1.9k $29k (exactly $28,781) Sabrina Aridi
Love Puzzle older $1.99 295 48% 8.9k $18k (exactly $17,612) Romantic Room
Ruvato: Original Complex older $14.99 38 81% 1.1k $17k (exactly $17,089) REMIMORY
Legendary Knight · EA older $7.99 70 94% 2.1k $17k (exactly $16,779) Oki Aki
Long Live Caesar $9.99 51 78% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) Yury Khovansky, Vladislavs Viktorovs
Fizz Quiz $14.99 20 50% 600 $9.0k (exactly $8,994) Moon
Extinction Rifts $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) QUByte Interactive
Toys 'n' Traps $9.99 1 100% 30 $300 (exactly $300) Skullfish Studios
Medieval Heroes $2.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Trottomatic
Carnage Cliff · EA $5.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Crimson Crest

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