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Should I ship a Supernatural Class-Based game?
Class-Based + Supernatural
Only 18 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, FBC: Firebreak, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×795 the market median. Revenue is up 1320% on the market; 21 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,404) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 1320% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvE, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Isometric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 2,254 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
FBC: Firebreak 2025 · $1.2M 
Second Sun 2025 · $69k 
The Monster Within 2022 · $40k 
Nullpoint Protocol 2026 · $28k 
Board Game Society 2026 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FBC: Firebreak | $19.99 | 1,985 65% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,404) | Remedy Entertainment | |
| | Second Sun | $19.99 | 115 69% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Grey Wolf Entertainment | |
| | The Monster Within | older | $14.99 | 89 77% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,023) | GMO Free Games |
| | Nullpoint Protocol | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Everbloom Games | |
| | Board Game Society | $14.99 | 29 62% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Jetebra Games | |
 | Phantom Hysteria | · EA older | $9.99 | 41 60% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | Lunar Tale Games LLC |
 | Necromancer Idle: The Endless Drain | $3.99 | 27 70% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | JBlivion | |
 | Social Services of the Doomed | older | $7.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Choice of Games |
 | JunkTok: Paranormal Investigators Challenge | $4.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | nordissimo | |
 | Valenium | $10.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Need3RD | |
 | Rogumon | · EA | $2.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | xalfer |
 | Spiritual Clinic Simulator | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ling Chen | |
 | Whispers in the Dark | $0.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Gabrielle Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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