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Real Time Tactics + Choices Matter
Of 101 developers who shipped a Choices Matter Real Time 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.. 199 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $420, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 199 games are announced against 60 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 75% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $420 (exactly $420) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 5% | $177k (exactly $176,929) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 101 |
| Released games | 271 |
| Announced | 199 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Choices Matter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Management, RTS
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 8,063 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 55 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 199 games are announced against 60 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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