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Class-Based + Grid-Based Movement
Of 27 developers who shipped a Grid-Based Movement Class-Based game 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.. 92 more are announced, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×2.0 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $130k, ×93 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 92 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $31,784) |
| Top 5% | $139k (exactly $139,241) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 80 |
| Announced | 92 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, Grid-Based Movement; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Dungeon Crawler, Party-Based RPG
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,602 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 92 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked 2025 · $1.1M 
Capes 2024 · $535k 
Potato Flowers in Full Bloom 2022 · $353k 
Tiny Tactics 2022 · $198k 
Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister 2022 · $141k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | $29.99 | 1,235 82% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) | Resolution Games | |
| | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
| | Potato Flowers in Full Bloom | older | $17.99 | 654 95% | 20k | $353k (exactly $352,964) | Pon Pon Games |
| | Tiny Tactics | older | $9.99 | 661 82% | 20k | $198k (exactly $198,102) | Tiny Forge Gaming |
| | Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister | older | $19.99 | 235 87% | 7.1k | $141k (exactly $140,930) | Vestaria Project |
 | Path of the Abyss | $6.99 | 664 92% | 20k | $139k (exactly $139,241) | Suzuki Suzuzou | |
 | Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World | older | $19.99 | 184 82% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | AQUAPLUS |
 | Together in Battle | $19.99 | 134 90% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $80,360) | Sinister Design | |
 | Telepath Tactics Liberated | older | $19.99 | 120 85% | 3.6k | $72k (exactly $71,964) | Sinister Design |
 | Gales of Nayeli | $24.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $65k (exactly $65,224) | Blindcoco Studios | |
 | Trolddom | $9.99 | 204 94% | 6.1k | $61k (exactly $61,139) | Plant Based Games | |
 | Guards II: Chaos in Hell | $15.99 | 125 96% | 3.8k | $60k (exactly $59,962) | Battlecruiser Games | |
 | Legends of Amberland III: The Crimson Tower | $19.99 | 53 98% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | Silver Lemur Games | |
 | Shadowed: The Demon Castle of Ooe | $15.99 | 56 92% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | Lab Rabbit Games ltd | |
 | Board Game Society | $14.99 | 29 62% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Jetebra Games | |
 | Funeral Flowers Lament: Helena | $16.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Kiseki Kobo Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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