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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics Class-Based game?
Class-Based + Real Time Tactics
Only 16 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics Class-Based 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, Flowers and Deities, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 57 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×1.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×69 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 57 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,484) |
| Top 5% | $103k (exactly $103,270) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,275 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Satellite Reign 2015 · $2.4M 
Dark Envoy 2023 · $704k 
RUNGORE 2024 · $446k 
The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation 2023 · EA · $357k 
Mud and Blood 2021 · EA · $336k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Satellite Reign | older | $29.99 | 2,619 75% | 79k | $2.4M (exactly $2,356,314) | 5 Lives Studios |
| | Dark Envoy | older | $29.99 | 783 69% | 23k | $704k (exactly $704,465) | Event Horizon |
| | RUNGORE | older | $14.99 | 991 85% | 30k | $446k (exactly $445,653) | YOUR_MOM'S_HP, RavenJm |
| | The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation | · EA older | $29.99 | 397 63% | 12k | $357k (exactly $357,181) | Supercube |
| | Mud and Blood | · EA older | $12.99 | 861 87% | 26k | $336k (exactly $335,532) | urbgames |
 | Fire Commander | older | $14.99 | 325 66% | 9.8k | $146k (exactly $146,152) | Atomic Wolf, Pixel Crow Games |
 | Flowers and Deities | $12.99 | 265 90% | 8.0k | $103k (exactly $103,270) | Chill Winter Studio | |
 | TrinityS | older | $14.99 | 182 69% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | Indie-us Games |
 | Dice People | $2.99 | 719 90% | 22k | $64k (exactly $64,494) | Mateusk2m, Manodeix | |
 | DEFENDUN : Hero Defense | older | $8.99 | 159 72% | 4.8k | $43k (exactly $42,882) | MYMEStudio |
 | Rise of a Legend | · EA | $17.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $26k (exactly $26,445) | Masquarade, Nicholas St. Germain |
 | Deadlock Station | $9.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Luxorix Games | |
 | Future Breach 64 | $2.99 | 105 86% | 3.2k | $9.4k (exactly $9,418) | Yurii Nikshych | |
 | Open The Gate: Just A Little | $5.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Abubu Dance | |
 | Marshals of Yore | $4.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | One Man Horde | |
 | KindFolx | $14.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Tristan Barona | |
 | RC: Car Maniacs | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | GH Games | |
 | Nocturn | · EA | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | One Eye Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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