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Should I ship a Collectathon Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Collectathon
Only 12 developers shipped a Collectathon Tactical RPG 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, Alchemy Quest, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×32 the market median. Revenue is up 575% on the market; 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,143) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 575% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tactical RPG, Collectathon
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 159 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Cassette Beasts 2023 · $5.4M 
LABYRINTH OF TOUHOU - GENSOKYO AND THE HEAVEN-PIERCING TREE 2021 · $327k 
Siralim 2015 · $60k 
SOULVARS 2023 · $36k 
Alchemy Quest 2025 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cassette Beasts | older | $19.99 | 8,976 94% | 269k | $5.4M (exactly $5,382,907) | Bytten Studio |
| | LABYRINTH OF TOUHOU - GENSOKYO AND THE HEAVEN-PIERCING TREE | older | $29.99 | 363 89% | 11k | $327k (exactly $326,591) | Nise-Eikoku Studio, CUBETYPE |
| | Siralim | older | $9.99 | 201 83% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $60,240) | Thylacine Studios |
| | SOULVARS | older | $16.99 | 70 78% | 2.1k | $36k (exactly $35,679) | ginolabo, SUCCESS Corp. |
| | Alchemy Quest | $11.99 | 56 83% | 1.7k | $20k (exactly $20,143) | Ellabelle | |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | Royal Merchant | older | $4.99 | 75 62% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,228) | Badim |
 | Empire of Empires | older | $4.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | · |
 | The Hundred Youkai Master | $11.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | OCG S studio, OCG FCGD Division | |
 | Totto's Magic Soup | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | アルネコデザイン | |
 | Brominion | $7.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Hyralism | |
 | Wayward Valley | · EA | $14.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | PixelPulse Studio |
 | Fantasy Waifu Collector | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | SyKoHPaTh | |
 | Seeker Shrine | $0.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Jestercraft | |
 | SINGULARITY | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | xzx | |
 | SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Wynand Smit |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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