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Should I ship a Collectathon Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Collectathon
Only 10 developers shipped a Collectathon Real Time Tactics 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, Accretion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $390 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $390 (exactly $390) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 450% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Collectathon
- 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, Collectathon
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 65% positive over 48 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
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Comparable games
Control Craft 2 2016 · $41k 
Emma's Armaments 2022 · $25k 
Accretion 2025 · $6.3k 
Empire of Empires 2022 · $4.3k 
Mechanical Trap 2024 · $3.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Control Craft 2 | older | $4.99 | 274 72% | 8.2k | $41k (exactly $41,018) | Cristian Manolachi, Atomic Fabrik |
| | Emma's Armaments | older | $12.40 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $24,552) | Caro Builders |
| | Accretion | $9.99 | 21 38% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | ValarFerys | |
| | Empire of Empires | older | $4.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | · |
| | Mechanical Trap | older | $4.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | 乘风_AJ游戏工作室 乘风_AJ |
 | CyberSex 2069 | older | $2.99 | 34 58% | 1.0k | $3.1k (exactly $3,050) | LarsMidnatt |
 | Brominion | $7.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Hyralism | |
 | Umbra | older | $3.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | Leslie Phillips, QuantuMedia |
 | Spyer | older | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | GamesBraz |
 | Find My Buddy | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | StoicQuest | |
 | ARROW WORLD | $4.59 | 4 100% | 120 | $551 (exactly $551) | ATOKESHI | |
 | Deckaroo | · EA | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | gororong |
 | Space Base Defense | $2.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Morgenmiddag | |
 | Super Silent Sensei | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Elmeryn Studios | |
 | Math4TopDogs | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mathsandcau | |
 | SHADE WALKERS | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cross Novaris Studio | |
 | Poligons | $1.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Vespa Nera |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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