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Class-Based + Robots
Only 6 developers shipped a paid Robot 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, Roboquest VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 24 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.7k against a market of $1.5k. 24 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,179) |
| Top 5% | $355k (exactly $355,382) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 up 1585% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 56%, 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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 4,956 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
PULSAR: Lost Colony 2021 · $2.6M 
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
Ultra Mega Cats 2025 · EA · $25k 
Combots 2021 · EA · $4.9k 
Overrun Survivors 2023 · EA · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PULSAR: Lost Colony | older | $19.99 | 4,409 89% | 132k | $2.6M (exactly $2,644,077) | Leafy Games |
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | Ultra Mega Cats | · EA | $11.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drak… (Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drakkar Games) |
| | Combots | · EA older | $4.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | HardEdge Games |
| | Overrun Survivors | · EA older | $4.99 | 30 56% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Midquest Games |
 | MegaBattle | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | MadCat Corp, Cavylabs | |
 | Enginehero | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | MelonCow LLC | |
 | Grave-Queen | · EA older | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Fang Of Moon |
 | Redaxium | older | $0.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $297 (exactly $297) | redratic |
 | Mecha Survivors | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Lowie Games SpA | |
 | STACK-eRZ | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Smokey |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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